Political correctness, virtue signaling, and masks

I really hate political correctness and virtue signaling.  And in 2020, there was no bigger symbol of either of those things than the mask.  Now, because I am concerned with health, I wear a mask religiously and properly.  (I never believed Saint Fauci when he said in early 2020 that we don't need to wear masks.  By insisting on empirical data before recommending masks, he dangerously ignored logic, reason, and common sense to worship at the alter of science.)  However, I’ve accepted that I will get the Wuhan Virus, but I’m doing everything in my power not to get it, including living like a hermit.  I pessimistically predict I will get it right before the vaccine becomes available to me. 

But at first, I hated wearing a mask, and was even embarrassed to do so, as Democrats had turned the mask into a political weapon.  And today, many people wear them only for political, virtue signaling purposes.  You know what I mean: the woman with the mask under her nose, or the guy wearing the mask as a “chin bib,” i.e., under both the nose and mouth.  (I love that one; see photo above.)  They may as well not wear them at all.  But they do, because just having that piece of cloth draped under the nose or chin makes a political statement.  It’s as bad as the Democrat politician who demands that you wear a mask or even quarantine, but is then caught at the beauty salon or the French Laundry restaurant, without a mask, no less.  Then, to top it all off, these half-assed mask wearers preach about “following the science.”  (This gibberish reminds me of when the Left divides the country and then calls for unity or, worse yet, accuses the Right of being divisive.)  

Unfortunately, this virtue signaling exercise of half-assed mask wearing has infected one of my favorite things: college football.  I just shake my head as I sit alone in my condo, as the politicians demand, watching game after game after game.  Don't misunderstand; I’m very grateful to have college football.  But I could do without the virtue signaling.  Please share my pain by viewing some college football photographs and commentary, after the jump.

Wrong, coach.  Don't wear the mask as a chin bib.  The virus isn't emitted from your beard, nor can you catch it through your chin.  But we get it, you're a good "global citizen" because you've got a mask.    

C'mon refs.  Two chin bibs?  That's an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty.  Twice.  But yes, the mask still says you're "socially" responsible (though not distanced). 

Not surprisingly, the politically correct student-athletes (or, rather, athlete-students) like to virtue signal, too.  Does the stocking cap read something politically popular, like "disrupt the Western-prescribed nuclear family structure"?     

Of course, the college students are the worst.  Is that a Gator chomp or a secret "social justice warrior" hand signal?

I can't wait for the vaccine so I can ditch the mask, go to a restaurant, and eat a steak.  Although maybe not.  The elites might have other plans for the proletariat.

Happy New Year!  I don't think for a minute that 2021 "has to be better than 2020," but I am cautiously optimistic.