The Psychology of the Muzzle Mandate

This post is dedicated to the Corona Hijab, a.k.a. the Mojo Mask.

First of all, take note of the poster for the “No More Masks” initiative, which will launch next week. I don’t know where it originated — not even on which side of the Atlantic — but it’s been making the rounds. It sounds like a good idea to me. I hope it gains momentum; we really need it.

The second mask-related item is this video by Paul Weston. He refers to it as a “muzzle”:

The third item is another video, an excerpt from a press conference held by Dr. Jacques Girard, who is the interim head of the regional public health authority in Quebec City. In this clip Dr. Girard explains matter-of-factly that people who refuse to “cooperate” with public health investigators concerning the coronavirus may be isolated in a prison against their will for fourteen days. It’s not clear whether these unfortunate detainees must have tested positive for COVID-19, or whether they simply must have come into contact with someone who tested positive for the virus.

Many thanks to Sassy for the translation, and to Vlad Tepes and RAIR Foundation for the subtitling:

The final video is from Germany. It features a woman, the mother of a schoolchild, who describes the manner in which teachers are coercively manipulating their students into wearing masks, even though there is no official government mask mandate. The teachers have, in effect, appointed themselves mask police.

Many thanks to MissPiggy for the translation, and to Vlad Tepes and RAIR Foundation for the subtitling:

Video transcript (Quebec):

0:00   Dr. Girard, before we finish, a question for a reporter who is not here:
0:04   briefly, for risk assessment, were orders issued for
0:08   uncooperative clients? —YES!
0:12   Thank you, Dr. Girard.
0:16   Can you answer in French, please? —Yes.
0:20   The order targeted two people who were not cooperating.
0:24   And it is great that we can finally work with that
0:28   provision. You know, before,
0:32   if we were not in a health crisis,
0:36   the Public Heath Director could use this provision for 72 hours
0:40   while waiting for the judge’s confirmation of such a provision.
0:44   In the Covid-19 case, we may isolate someone for 14 days.
0:48   And it is what we did this morning, and we have done in the past,
0:52   and, such as this morning, forced a person to cooperate
0:56   with the investigation,
1:00   and we’ve done it in the past with success,
1:04   and police cooperation was exceptional.
1:08   Thank you all, have a great day.
1:12   When you order someone to not leave home for 14 days,
1:16   does it happen in their home… —it is not at home…
1:20   14 days at home… —it is in a prison…
1:24   Do you feel like you are in a prison?
1:28   Because that’s it. Often, it is what we do.
1:32   It is a location; we at the CIUSS [Government agency]
1:36   have the power to provide for preventative isolations.
1:40   It’s happening. Finally, it is
1:44   a much easier provision when someone is not cooperating,
1:48   and it becomes more difficult.
1:52   Are they under watch? —YES.
1:56   Where exactly are they isolated?
2:00   It is not at home. It depends on the person.
2:04   Because we have had people isolated at home.
2:08   And then, we saw the person was not at home.
2:12   So, we went to their home, and then told them,
2:16   we are isolating you where we want you
 

Video transcript (Germany):

00:00   So, people, since I recently returned to school,
00:05   yesterday, I could clearly recognize how deceptively
00:10   the schools operate. Although the mandatory mask requirement
00:14   in the classroom for schools [in NRW] was overturned,
00:18   what they are doing now is really clever.
00:22   As soon as students enter the classroom, the windows
00:26   and doors are all opened. All the students are sitting there with, really,
00:29   every window open. Doors too. There’s an enormous draft. It’s freezing cold.
00:34   Then the teacher says, “We’ll close the window when you put your masks on”.
00:39   So you have the choice between getting sick because you’re freezing
00:43   the entire time in school or you put the sh***y mask on. Most comply at that point.
00:48   Teachers come into classes saying, “Oh, yes, I know there isn’t a mask requirement,
00:53   but nevertheless I would ask you to put your masks on so we protect each other.”
00:58   Students are being directly manipulated.
01:03   I’m talking about students from the age of 19 or 20 years old at vocational schools.
01:08   Maybe even 25 years old or whatever. They acquiesce directly.
01:13   There are other methods. A teacher is wearing a mask and mumbling.
01:22   Teachers who put masks on purposefully mumble behind their masks so that no one can understand.
01:28   When the students say they can’t understand, or we can’t understand,
01:32   the teacher’s ice-cold response is, “That’s your problem.
01:36   If you put on your masks, then I’ll take mine off.”
01:40   That’s how it works now. Absolutely manipulative. Extremely disgusting.
01:45   Yes, it would be interesting to see how it is at elementary schools, and I am going to find out.
01:51   If children in the elementary school are sitting in drafty classrooms and start getting sick
01:58   because of this manipulative crap, then I think we as parents aren’t finished with this topic yet.
02:07   It looks like we celebrated too soon after hearing that the mask requirement was overturned.
02:12   Imagine students sitting in classroom in this horrible weather in a nonstop draft,
02:18   and being oppressed by this method. Totally manipulated.
02:24   The choice is either you put your masks on or you sit here in the freezing cold, getting sick.
02:30   Either you put your masks on or you can’t understand a thing I say.
02:33   It’s a filthy trick. I’m outraged.
02:36   It’s just completely disgusting how manipulative the teachers are acting.
02:40   Unbelievable. Unbelievable. Have a nice day.
 

5 thoughts on “The Psychology of the Muzzle Mandate

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  2. Before the outbreak a few months back a face mask cost on average about twenty cents. Now it’s many many times times more than that. Yes I know – availability and competition. Then there is Silly Billy Bonkers Boris de Turkey in full costume. An original blustering fatboy farce of a man with a sham of a plan. Billions building a bridge over a ww2 munitions and arma-ments dump and another 100 billion testing whoever is still left standing – next year.

  3. Before the outbreak a few months back a face mask cost on average about twenty cents. Now it’s many many times times more than that. Yes I know – availability and competition. Then there is Silly Billy Bonkers Boris de Turkey in full costume. An original blustering fatboy farce of a man with a sham of a plan. Billions building a bridge over a ww2 munitions and arma-ments dump and another 100 billion testing whoever is still left standing – next year.

  4. If I were a teacher, I’d want my (senior) pupils masked; I’d be much more likely to be hospitalised, or die, from the virus than they are.

  5. I admire this, but some do not have the option. I am not in my native England and haven’t been for five years, having correctly guessed what was coming in terms of increased governmental power and its abuse. Here in Costa Rica – where I stand no chance of being interviewed by police over a social media comment as freedom of speech is guaranteed by the country’s constitution – if I don’t wear my mask I cannot go into the supermarket to shop. As I say, however, I am a singular case, and I applaud the dissident sentiment.

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