A few thoughts for people who find the idea of disobedience scary (because it can be, you know?) You don't have to start big to get going. Start small. I just finished reading a book on Kaizen, and the author said if an action was too scary, make it tiny and just start imagining yourself doing it. So if walking around in a parking lot outside without a mask on is terrifying for you because you're worried the nutsos will scream and holler, spend a few days imagining yourself walking around without a mask on in a parking lot. Your brain will get used to the idea. And then . . .
Then you walk around the parking lot without your mask on. It's a tiny act. But it sends a message.
Here are a few tiny things I do to disobey. I bring them up because when I see other people disobey even in little ways, it gives me courage. So I figure it can't hurt to list some stuff out.
On most days, I am the only person walking in the parking without a mask on. As far as I know, no one has even glared at me. (Then again, I'm pretty oblivious.) It's a little thing, but it gets people to see the real normal. I don't put the muzzle on till the very last second before going into the shops, if I absolutely have to go to the shops. With time, I have put it on later and later. I rip it off my face now before I am officially out the door.
I have a friend who finds it easier to pretend she is desperately looking for her mask in her bag. If a little subterfuge is what helps you get started, then go for it.
Every little bit counts.
Whenever I can, I avoid the silly temperature taking and the hand sanitizer at the entrance of shops. And when a tinpot bureaucrat insists on spraying it on my hand, I immediately wipe it off on my skirt. Right in front of them.
When I put gas in my car, I am the only one not wearing a mask. Considering the number of believers, I expected some nagging. No one has bothered me yet.
Don't take the long route around someone on the sidewalk. Keep walking straight. You aren't dangerous, so don't act like it.
I am not a mover and shaker. I have almost no platform. But I use Facebook to post the truth. I've pissed people off, but there are bigger fish to fry than some people's feelings.
Each act is a small one. Every little bit counts. It all adds up. Start small. And with each tiny start, we'll all grow from there.
Some of you have probably been a lot braver than me. I think you should boast about it. It'd do us all a world of good.
This is exactly what I do too... and I speak to everyone that the pandemic is just a fear mongering facade and that it’s not real... I share the truth on FB everyday... some people are sick of me... but I have learnt that their feelings and thoughts about me are nothing compared to what’s coming if we don’t shut this agenda down
Im glad you mentioned the mentality practicing. It works well. I live in extreme blue state. Psychopathic is how i describe the seattle area about masks etc. But i stopped wearing a mask almost 3 months ago, inspite of their signs. Costco is the only place that flat kicked you out, so i won't go there now. But i can say, take a friend whose nervous about going with out a mask with you, so they are comfortable. Strength in numbers.
Yes, strength in numbers. The fact that we are being isolated from each other makes it harder to fight this. (I imagine this is on purpose.) I've always been a loner, but I think I have to make more effort to hang out with like-minded people to show strength.
All good tactics. Here in the UK one thing we at least had was recognition by the government that they had to allow an opt out for mask wearing for those that cannot (due to ANY reason) because if they did not do this, it breaks equality & disability discrimination law.
Hence you can just say "I'm exempt" and it is illegal to ask the reason why. I have a medical exemption & stopped wearing the performative nonsense face rags last year. However - because I am a small 50s female & I couldn't cope with the all too common nastiness & aggression to non mask wearers, I wear a sunflower (hidden disability) lanyard although it makes me furious to have to do this (for obvious reasons - re 2nd world war Nazi treatment of Jewish people with yellow stars & what that then led to).
But - I'm making steps - I've taken the hidden disability badge off it so all that remains is the sunflower print strap. Soon I will remove it altogether & will be brave enough not to wear it at all.
It also remains that people caught up in this mass hysteria are bullies. I have 2 male friends, both big intimidating looking guys (they're nothing of the sort but appearances are deceptive). They wear neither mask or lanyard & hardly ever get challenged....
Fighting every day here in Masktopia USA, otherwise known as New Jersey. Walking through parking lots maskless, wearing flimsy silk gaiter pulled below my nose in stores,pulling it all the way down when exiting stores,keeping gaiter below my nose at work and gathering with friends and family mask less are considered very bold acts that I do every day. Also printing out some of your sub stack posts and handing them out to friends and family who think like I do so we can discuss.
The greatest devastation inflicted by humankind on itself during peace time, as if the Dresdeners had flown the raid themselves, dropping their deadly rain so slowly that they could've landed and got home in time to have their own bombs blow them away.
Catch-22 maddness meets Slaughterhouse-Five in a slow-motion collective suicide.
This morning while shopping at a Walmart-owned grocery store in Puerto Rico, at no point did I put on my mask, temperature Nazi at the door be damned. Both times some officious nitwit came up to me I said, "I'm sorry, I don't speak English." And left them tongue-tied. Throw some dust in their faces and break the script. "I don't speak English" said in English breaks the script. I used self-checkout to keep the amygdala in check.
I read and research daily. I seek truths - data and science that counter the narrative. It is not hard to find but it is hard to put in front of an already gullible and unsuspecting audience. I post about my findings daily, albeit to a small audience. I write to my public health officials, GP, local authority, schools and other official bodies with the science. I do this respectfully but firmly. This with a view to their having alternative views; but also if/when there is a day of reckoning, they cannot say "I didn't know"... I have informed them all that "I was only following orders" does not buy it.
I refuse to wear masks, I refuse to be scared, I refuse to be locked up and chained, I refuse not to move or travel. I refuse not to share my space, food and wine with others.
I will continue to love everyone around me.
I am not part of the abusive relationship our government has created. I am truly free. And I love it!!
Completely agree with the need to spread courage and disobey this lunacy.
In some parts of the world you'll be arrested, beaten, even potentially raped or killed for going against this current orthodoxy. I despair that so many adults in far safer climes are afraid to resist for fear of social opprobrium alone.
Keep fighting cat, I've worked with many animals and cornered cats are one of the fiercest around :)
From Denmark. I've stopped wearing a mask in shops. Some give me a second look, but no objections - yet.
Imagine how many will look at you thankfully as a beacon of hope: "hey maybe it's not that dangerous" and "wow, I miss being able to breathe properly - thanks for being brave"
It is becoming urgent to do your little bit: I was yelled at for the first time today for wearing my mask under the nose. The Ayatollahs seem to gain confidence...
I wrote the MP and he refused to answer properly, so took my concerns to the local council. They too ignored me until I threatened to not open my site for the elections last week (I’m in the UK). This enabled me to speak to the Executive Director of Public Health for the district where I was able to voice my concerns around the health agenda, handling of COVID and vaccination programme. We have now entered into a dialogue which I will maintain so he can receive counter information from me, which goes against the narrative he is being fed as a public servant. He admitted his hands were tied and he was bound to follow government policy. I suggested he didn’t have to do this if the information was corrupt. All in all, as a lay person I now have an ongoing opportunity for dialogue and hopefully this will make a difference and save lives in the longer-term. Writing your concerns to MP and Public Health Board members can only be ignored for so long. They will have to start to take things on board at some point.
I am standing up & doing whatever it takes to try to stand up against the new world order! I have signs all over my bicycle & + I wear signs on me aswell to at least try to attempt to take people up!
It hasnt stopped me living life ,we have both had fines (unpaid ) and my partner lost her job due to the Manchester cafe incident . We have been to many protests and I make people of the truth that we are not being told on social media.
We will do anything for our children and grandchildrens future.
We have to shout loud .
They are pulling out all the stops but people know deep down it's been overplayed
Thanks so much for this El Gato Malo. More of this please – SOLUTIONS! We all need solutions!
… I think like-minded people (people with their eyes wide open) that are very concerned about the speed at which the world is sleepwalking into dystopia must come together and fast, not merely with sharing facts, but with coming up with well-thought through solutions/a plan of action (this includes planning for contingencies as events unfold before us incl. the likelihood that new plans will no doubt be put in motion by those in charge down the line...). Nothing should be off the table in terms of innovative ideas/out of the box thinking, to attempt to get us out of this horror show. There are so many smart people out there (each are smart in their own unique ways...some are book smart, some have street smarts, some are very commercial, some quite charismatic and perhaps even manipulative [not necessarily a bad trait at times], etc – everyone has their own unique strengths and weaknesses). I think one of the major problems that us 'outliers' are up against right now is the fact that many of us appear to be operating in silos, and/or groups that are too small to ultimately make a difference... and this is up against a Goliath - a large global organized/coordinated powerful regime (dare I say, a criminal syndicate), with many arrows in their quiver (one being that they appear to have a majority of the world's population behind them now due to an effective fear-driven brainwashing campaign) – they've likely strategized over decades regarding the rollout of vaccine passports, the new social credit system envisioned and so on; they no doubt expect some form of resistance/protest action as shown in the WEF videos etc. but, if anything, they've probably been surprised by just how easy it's all been thus far, people have been sufficiently scared into blind obedience regardless of how stupid the new set of rules may be and regardless of the facts...but, in my view we are now getting much closer to a tipping point...Amongst all the negatives (and there are many), there are positives emerging, and signs of hope – we all need to drive the point across that we are not in a hopeless situation, and that we will prevail.
Perception is SO important (that’s why on many social media websites they run so-called surveys showing very contrived results – a very one-sided view on vaccine passports as an example – they’ll tell you ‘90% of people want vaccine passports’ … When you see information like this it demoralizes, and if gulped down it creates those feelings of helplessness/many quit and think what’s the point! We need to be aware of all the psychological operations at play, but also be aware that many literally are totally brainwashed with blind trust and blind obedience. Some people (perhaps even family members and friends) you will not be able to awaken…
A few thoughts for people who find the idea of disobedience scary (because it can be, you know?) You don't have to start big to get going. Start small. I just finished reading a book on Kaizen, and the author said if an action was too scary, make it tiny and just start imagining yourself doing it. So if walking around in a parking lot outside without a mask on is terrifying for you because you're worried the nutsos will scream and holler, spend a few days imagining yourself walking around without a mask on in a parking lot. Your brain will get used to the idea. And then . . .
Then you walk around the parking lot without your mask on. It's a tiny act. But it sends a message.
Here are a few tiny things I do to disobey. I bring them up because when I see other people disobey even in little ways, it gives me courage. So I figure it can't hurt to list some stuff out.
On most days, I am the only person walking in the parking without a mask on. As far as I know, no one has even glared at me. (Then again, I'm pretty oblivious.) It's a little thing, but it gets people to see the real normal. I don't put the muzzle on till the very last second before going into the shops, if I absolutely have to go to the shops. With time, I have put it on later and later. I rip it off my face now before I am officially out the door.
I have a friend who finds it easier to pretend she is desperately looking for her mask in her bag. If a little subterfuge is what helps you get started, then go for it.
Every little bit counts.
Whenever I can, I avoid the silly temperature taking and the hand sanitizer at the entrance of shops. And when a tinpot bureaucrat insists on spraying it on my hand, I immediately wipe it off on my skirt. Right in front of them.
When I put gas in my car, I am the only one not wearing a mask. Considering the number of believers, I expected some nagging. No one has bothered me yet.
Don't take the long route around someone on the sidewalk. Keep walking straight. You aren't dangerous, so don't act like it.
I am not a mover and shaker. I have almost no platform. But I use Facebook to post the truth. I've pissed people off, but there are bigger fish to fry than some people's feelings.
Each act is a small one. Every little bit counts. It all adds up. Start small. And with each tiny start, we'll all grow from there.
Some of you have probably been a lot braver than me. I think you should boast about it. It'd do us all a world of good.
This is exactly what I do too... and I speak to everyone that the pandemic is just a fear mongering facade and that it’s not real... I share the truth on FB everyday... some people are sick of me... but I have learnt that their feelings and thoughts about me are nothing compared to what’s coming if we don’t shut this agenda down
Im glad you mentioned the mentality practicing. It works well. I live in extreme blue state. Psychopathic is how i describe the seattle area about masks etc. But i stopped wearing a mask almost 3 months ago, inspite of their signs. Costco is the only place that flat kicked you out, so i won't go there now. But i can say, take a friend whose nervous about going with out a mask with you, so they are comfortable. Strength in numbers.
Yes, strength in numbers. The fact that we are being isolated from each other makes it harder to fight this. (I imagine this is on purpose.) I've always been a loner, but I think I have to make more effort to hang out with like-minded people to show strength.
All good tactics. Here in the UK one thing we at least had was recognition by the government that they had to allow an opt out for mask wearing for those that cannot (due to ANY reason) because if they did not do this, it breaks equality & disability discrimination law.
Hence you can just say "I'm exempt" and it is illegal to ask the reason why. I have a medical exemption & stopped wearing the performative nonsense face rags last year. However - because I am a small 50s female & I couldn't cope with the all too common nastiness & aggression to non mask wearers, I wear a sunflower (hidden disability) lanyard although it makes me furious to have to do this (for obvious reasons - re 2nd world war Nazi treatment of Jewish people with yellow stars & what that then led to).
But - I'm making steps - I've taken the hidden disability badge off it so all that remains is the sunflower print strap. Soon I will remove it altogether & will be brave enough not to wear it at all.
It also remains that people caught up in this mass hysteria are bullies. I have 2 male friends, both big intimidating looking guys (they're nothing of the sort but appearances are deceptive). They wear neither mask or lanyard & hardly ever get challenged....
The parallels with the past are chilling.
Carry a 1 inch diameter wooden cane, and practice a few thrusts and defenses. If you are screamed at poke the blighter in the face.
The cannot take your freedom!
Advice duly noted and appreciated. :)
“I have a medical condition. I’m allergic to tyranny. It makes me break out in rebellion.”
YES
Fighting every day here in Masktopia USA, otherwise known as New Jersey. Walking through parking lots maskless, wearing flimsy silk gaiter pulled below my nose in stores,pulling it all the way down when exiting stores,keeping gaiter below my nose at work and gathering with friends and family mask less are considered very bold acts that I do every day. Also printing out some of your sub stack posts and handing them out to friends and family who think like I do so we can discuss.
We know who you really are, Gato. You're Rick (the cat) from Catsablanca, a sentamentalist and a patriot. The jig is up.
"usually suspect..."
The greatest devastation inflicted by humankind on itself during peace time, as if the Dresdeners had flown the raid themselves, dropping their deadly rain so slowly that they could've landed and got home in time to have their own bombs blow them away.
Catch-22 maddness meets Slaughterhouse-Five in a slow-motion collective suicide.
So it goes...
If you stand up to the insanity it won't go as they desire.
Yossarian's insane asylum was purefiction. Vonnegut's insane asylum tenders lost the war and the architects who survived were hanged.
So it goes...... is the sigh of a doer.
This morning while shopping at a Walmart-owned grocery store in Puerto Rico, at no point did I put on my mask, temperature Nazi at the door be damned. Both times some officious nitwit came up to me I said, "I'm sorry, I don't speak English." And left them tongue-tied. Throw some dust in their faces and break the script. "I don't speak English" said in English breaks the script. I used self-checkout to keep the amygdala in check.
Great post as usual El Gato Malo!
I read and research daily. I seek truths - data and science that counter the narrative. It is not hard to find but it is hard to put in front of an already gullible and unsuspecting audience. I post about my findings daily, albeit to a small audience. I write to my public health officials, GP, local authority, schools and other official bodies with the science. I do this respectfully but firmly. This with a view to their having alternative views; but also if/when there is a day of reckoning, they cannot say "I didn't know"... I have informed them all that "I was only following orders" does not buy it.
I refuse to wear masks, I refuse to be scared, I refuse to be locked up and chained, I refuse not to move or travel. I refuse not to share my space, food and wine with others.
I will continue to love everyone around me.
I am not part of the abusive relationship our government has created. I am truly free. And I love it!!
Sending love to all - free and not so free.
Completely agree with the need to spread courage and disobey this lunacy.
In some parts of the world you'll be arrested, beaten, even potentially raped or killed for going against this current orthodoxy. I despair that so many adults in far safer climes are afraid to resist for fear of social opprobrium alone.
Keep fighting cat, I've worked with many animals and cornered cats are one of the fiercest around :)
From Denmark. I've stopped wearing a mask in shops. Some give me a second look, but no objections - yet.
Imagine how many will look at you thankfully as a beacon of hope: "hey maybe it's not that dangerous" and "wow, I miss being able to breathe properly - thanks for being brave"
Go for it friends! Freedom is not free.
It is becoming urgent to do your little bit: I was yelled at for the first time today for wearing my mask under the nose. The Ayatollahs seem to gain confidence...
Keep on keeping on!
I wrote the MP and he refused to answer properly, so took my concerns to the local council. They too ignored me until I threatened to not open my site for the elections last week (I’m in the UK). This enabled me to speak to the Executive Director of Public Health for the district where I was able to voice my concerns around the health agenda, handling of COVID and vaccination programme. We have now entered into a dialogue which I will maintain so he can receive counter information from me, which goes against the narrative he is being fed as a public servant. He admitted his hands were tied and he was bound to follow government policy. I suggested he didn’t have to do this if the information was corrupt. All in all, as a lay person I now have an ongoing opportunity for dialogue and hopefully this will make a difference and save lives in the longer-term. Writing your concerns to MP and Public Health Board members can only be ignored for so long. They will have to start to take things on board at some point.
I went MASKLESS into Checkers as I am Exempted and My Body is MY PRIVATE PROPERTY. My rights as it is GOD GIVEN..
STAND UP.. THEIR POLICIES..NOT YOUR PROBLEM..
I'm living in South Africa
I am standing up & doing whatever it takes to try to stand up against the new world order! I have signs all over my bicycle & + I wear signs on me aswell to at least try to attempt to take people up!
It hasnt stopped me living life ,we have both had fines (unpaid ) and my partner lost her job due to the Manchester cafe incident . We have been to many protests and I make people of the truth that we are not being told on social media.
We will do anything for our children and grandchildrens future.
We have to shout loud .
They are pulling out all the stops but people know deep down it's been overplayed
Thanks so much for this El Gato Malo. More of this please – SOLUTIONS! We all need solutions!
… I think like-minded people (people with their eyes wide open) that are very concerned about the speed at which the world is sleepwalking into dystopia must come together and fast, not merely with sharing facts, but with coming up with well-thought through solutions/a plan of action (this includes planning for contingencies as events unfold before us incl. the likelihood that new plans will no doubt be put in motion by those in charge down the line...). Nothing should be off the table in terms of innovative ideas/out of the box thinking, to attempt to get us out of this horror show. There are so many smart people out there (each are smart in their own unique ways...some are book smart, some have street smarts, some are very commercial, some quite charismatic and perhaps even manipulative [not necessarily a bad trait at times], etc – everyone has their own unique strengths and weaknesses). I think one of the major problems that us 'outliers' are up against right now is the fact that many of us appear to be operating in silos, and/or groups that are too small to ultimately make a difference... and this is up against a Goliath - a large global organized/coordinated powerful regime (dare I say, a criminal syndicate), with many arrows in their quiver (one being that they appear to have a majority of the world's population behind them now due to an effective fear-driven brainwashing campaign) – they've likely strategized over decades regarding the rollout of vaccine passports, the new social credit system envisioned and so on; they no doubt expect some form of resistance/protest action as shown in the WEF videos etc. but, if anything, they've probably been surprised by just how easy it's all been thus far, people have been sufficiently scared into blind obedience regardless of how stupid the new set of rules may be and regardless of the facts...but, in my view we are now getting much closer to a tipping point...Amongst all the negatives (and there are many), there are positives emerging, and signs of hope – we all need to drive the point across that we are not in a hopeless situation, and that we will prevail.
Perception is SO important (that’s why on many social media websites they run so-called surveys showing very contrived results – a very one-sided view on vaccine passports as an example – they’ll tell you ‘90% of people want vaccine passports’ … When you see information like this it demoralizes, and if gulped down it creates those feelings of helplessness/many quit and think what’s the point! We need to be aware of all the psychological operations at play, but also be aware that many literally are totally brainwashed with blind trust and blind obedience. Some people (perhaps even family members and friends) you will not be able to awaken…