It’s not contradictory/inconsistent at all, you just aren’t looking at it through the right lens. Wearing your mask during covid did not protect you, it protected others around you from your spittle. This idea is entirely foreign to them, the idea of caring about what happens to other people.
Masks worn for anonymity while being a racist piece of shit, on the other hand, directly protect the wearer by allowing them to escape the consequences of being identified. This concept of saving one’s own ass, and nobody else’s, does resonate very strongly with them.
When you view it through the lens of being a selfish asshole, it’s very coherent and consistent.
The thing about being a contrary dipshit is you don’t have to be consistent.
It’s not contradictory/inconsistent at all, you just aren’t looking at it through the right lens. Wearing your mask during covid did not protect you, it protected others around you from your spittle. This idea is entirely foreign to them, the idea of caring about what happens to other people.
Masks worn for anonymity while being a racist piece of shit, on the other hand, directly protect the wearer by allowing them to escape the consequences of being identified. This concept of saving one’s own ass, and nobody else’s, does resonate very strongly with them.
When you view it through the lens of being a selfish asshole, it’s very coherent and consistent.