Fwd_ Meeting Public Comment from RochelleFrom:Mountain Streak
To:Kalispell Meetings Public Comment
Subject:[EXTERNAL] Fwd: Meeting
Date:Wednesday, August 5, 2020 8:25:41 AM
Dear Montana,
I was at a super one supermarket this pasted Friday inKalispell. I walked in with no mask but had one in my purse.
I noticed that people were wearing and were not wearing
Masks! This lady came up to my brother and I and coughed
on us at the store saying she had covid and she hoped we gotit because we were not wearing a mask. Well we had it out,the manager was called It should be our right as healthy
citizens to choose to wear a mask or not to wear one. The
medical Community knows masks do not protect you so whywear one??? It is all political you know it and we thecitizens know it!
Unfortunately, there are many of my fellow conservativeswho see the guidance to wear masks as a direct attack on theirfreedom. Some argue that it’s “my body, my choice,”
mimicking the equally illogical pro-abortion slogan. Some
claim that masks don’t work. Some see no difference betweenthe forced shutdown of businesses and the use of masks inpublic. Some even believe that masks are part of a
conspiratorial attempt to “test the waters” of population
control. Whether reasonable or unreasonable, all of these
viewpoints suffer from the same flaw, which is that theyrequire the complete dismissal of the necessary partner to
freedom - responsibility. Individual freedom is a fundamental
pillar of American conservatism and is an ideologically
revolutionary concept borne from foundational Judeo-Christian principles. However, individual freedom is not
simply a shield to protect us from the fact that our actions can
have a direct impact on the lives of others, and thereby impact
their equally-valuable individual freedoms. Too often,“freedom” quickly mutates into a relentless libertarianism,
where the protection of the claimed rights of one individualsupersedes the same rights of another individual. Speak up
America, if you don’t your rights will be taken as free
American Citizens!
Thank you for your time!
Rochelle