The return of mask mandates in blue states has nothing to do with health. It’s electoral anxiety. Democratic Communists are afraid there’s not enough fraud and censorship in the world to reverse the tide against them. By creating the image of an emergency they can hope to repeat the manipulation and deception that worked so well for them before. And if people continue to roll over and take it, it will continue to work.

It’s hilarious that they call the flu a “state of emergency.” If we were in a state of actual emergency, it would not be safe to leave the house. There’s an old saying, “Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.” At some point, we have to stop being victims and simply defy or ignore the illegitimate tyrants. They can’t jail all of us. Create chaos, confusion and disruption. Practice disobedience and counter-deception. Why? Because increasingly, there’s very little left to preserve.

Michael J. Hurd, Daily Dose of Reason