How to Protect Yourself from the Mask Shamers
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(The following could anger some people, depending on whether you are for or against masks, social distancing, and/or hand sanitizer)
* The only way to defeat the mask argument is to refuse to engage.
* Stating your boundaries will almost certainly lead to a fight with the mask shamers. In my experience, they will do anything and everything to put you in your place, including shaming, bullying, belittling, calling you selfish, accusing you of killing grandma, murdering people, etc.
* Some people will curse you with death if you refuse to listen to them. They will attempt to bully/harass/shame you into compliance and they might tell you they hope you suffer a painful death on a ventilator.
* Some act like they’re psychic and guarantee you will get sick and die if you don’t listen to them. Others act like they have magical powers and the ability to curse you with illness on demand.
* Resist all desire to retaliate. It will only make the situation worse and could involve the police.
* Whenever possible, remove yourself from the abuse.
Why Are People Acting This Way?
There are a number of reasons but the simplest answer is fear of death. The fear has risen up in their bodies, gone into their minds and has become deeply entrenched. When that happens, reason and sanity depart the stage and the person becomes completely irrational. This is what causes people to snitch on their neighbors, scream at others for not wearing masks, and on and on. It’s tempting to be angry with such people, but the best route is compassion, because they have become mentally unbalanced and they do not know what they do.
http://nathansegal.org/end-anxiety-with-neuro-linguistic-programing/
http://nathansegal.org/how-to-protect-yourself-from-the-mask-shamers/
* The only way to defeat the mask argument is to refuse to engage.
* Stating your boundaries will almost certainly lead to a fight with the mask shamers. In my experience, they will do anything and everything to put you in your place, including shaming, bullying, belittling, calling you selfish, accusing you of killing grandma, murdering people, etc.
* Some people will curse you with death if you refuse to listen to them. They will attempt to bully/harass/shame you into compliance and they might tell you they hope you suffer a painful death on a ventilator.
* Some act like they’re psychic and guarantee you will get sick and die if you don’t listen to them. Others act like they have magical powers and the ability to curse you with illness on demand.
* Resist all desire to retaliate. It will only make the situation worse and could involve the police.
* Whenever possible, remove yourself from the abuse.
Why Are People Acting This Way?
There are a number of reasons but the simplest answer is fear of death. The fear has risen up in their bodies, gone into their minds and has become deeply entrenched. When that happens, reason and sanity depart the stage and the person becomes completely irrational. This is what causes people to snitch on their neighbors, scream at others for not wearing masks, and on and on. It’s tempting to be angry with such people, but the best route is compassion, because they have become mentally unbalanced and they do not know what they do.
http://nathansegal.org/end-anxiety-with-neuro-linguistic-programing/
http://nathansegal.org/how-to-protect-yourself-from-the-mask-shamers/