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Never would I have imagined that a worldwide medical crisis would produce the kind of political division in the world\u2019s most prosperous nation that we have seen erupt in the United States of America.<\/p>\n

Did you see the video of that woman in Virginia threaten her local school board if it requires children to wear masks in school? She said she would scarf up any firearm she could find and \u2026 do something with them, presumably to harm other human beings. Why? Because they might order students to wear masks to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s happening everywhere, man! Blue states and red states have become battlegrounds among Americans who are fighting with each other \u2014 and threatening public officials \u2014 because of masks, vaccines, social distancing.<\/p>\n

Good grief! What in the world has happened to us?<\/p>\n

I am just one American patriot, so I can speak only for my little ol\u2019 self. If the government tells me I have to do something, like wear a fu**ing mask to prevent the spread of potentially fatal virus spores, then I am going to follow the government\u2019s lead.<\/p>\n

I served in the Army for a time more than 50 years ago and was told then I had to follow \u201clawful orders.\u201d Failure to follow such orders would result in me being punished for insubordination. I haven\u2019t heard an unlawful order yet coming from the feds about how we should conduct ourselves if we are dedicated to getting rid of the killer virus.<\/p>\n

Too many of my fellow Americans have determined that these mandates are unlawful and so they have decided to disobey them. They are courting disaster and tragedy, not just for themselves but for everyone around them.<\/p>\n

They are politicizing a quintessentially non-political issue. Our public health is way beyond the realm of cheap politics.<\/p>\n

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