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Show 28 | MyWeberMedia.com| August 24, 2020 THE HEATED DEBATE BETWEEN PRO-MASKERS AND ANTI-MASKERS. By FRANCIA HENRIQUEZ BENSON Columnist Pro-maskers and anti-maskers have been involved in fierce debate and drawnout fights. There is a broad range of reasons some people refuse to wear a mask. Anti-maskers believe the government doesn’t have the constitutional right to tell people what to do or what to wear. They feel their free- ALLI RICKARDS | The Signpost dom is violated, which makes them angry and defensive. They also often doubt the effectiveness of wearing a mask. Pro-maskers feel that it is people’s duty to protect others, especially the immunocompromised and elderly. Public health officials have recommended the wearing of masks when in public to curb the virus outbreak. Regardless of whether or not it is effective, people have forgotten to express their opinion in a polite and kind manner. It is becoming eminent that the need to speak our own minds, despite sounding rude and disrespectful, is more important. Pro-maskers blame anti-maskers for the increasing number of cases, which pro-maskers claim is why the economy is going downhill. Anti-maskers, on the other hand, believe pro-maskers are accountable for the shrinking of the economy. The fights between the two groups are getting out of hand and becoming ridiculous. People are unfriending friends and family over their personal views of masks. Anti-maskers are calling pro-maskers sheep and claiming they are incapable of thinking for themselves. They believe that by wearing a mask, people are giving more power to the government, and in the long run, it will bite us. Pro-maskers call those not wearing a mask selfish, capable of only thinking of |