”It’s just a mask!” That’s the claim. It's just a mask, why are we so opposed to a mask? Because it's not just a mask. It's that it's a mandate without legality that is treated as law. That people and businesses can be punished for not adhering to mandates made from the desks 1/

of Governors, mayors, etc. who have no authority to make law in and of themselves. That, by the stroke of a pen, people can be made to obey the whims of a politician (well-intended or not) or they will suffer some sort of punitive measure. In our nation, this is an 2/

unconstitutional power that these offices do not and cannot have. Laws are made by legislators and are made authoritative once signed by governors. They cannot be made by governors, mayors, etc. themselves. Yet, these mandates are being treated as having the same authority as 3/

actual laws and ordinances. This is the danger of mask and lockdown mandates. Under the guise of public health (”it’s for you safety”) constitutional separation of power has been jettisoned and all authority is being granted to one person. This is how tyranny begins. Many 4/

tyrants and dictators don't start with major power grabs unless it is by military conquest. They often start small. ”Just give me this emergency power for now and I’ll give it up later.” Such a bald-faced lie, yet we all too often believe it. Once the barrier to power is down 5/

then it's just about finding a way to maintain it. Remember in March, it was ”two weeks to flatten the curve”? Here we are 8 months later and it's still being used to control what we do. It's not just a mask. It's the ability of a single person or small groups to determine how 6/

we will live. It is us ceding all authority that these politicians do not have by their keeping us in a state of fear. So, that’s why. It's not just the mask. It's thinking beyond the mask and seeing what this is all about. Power. Power to control how people live by the stroke 7/

of a pen. That is why some of us stand steadfastly against these mandates. We care about people. We care about their freedom. And we care what the future of our nation will be. End/