Rationalizing

MY FRIEND who refuses to wear a mask says that her decision is based on the "fact" that wearing one is harmful to human health. She continued that covering teh mouth and nose forces a person to breathe in one's own carbon monoxide. Giving her the benefit of the doubt, I assumed she meant carbon "dioxide". Meanwhile, back in the real world, the medical profession makes it clear, as we all know, that mask wearing is harmless and crucial to mitigating the viral spread. People who refuse to wear masks almost invariably have rock solid reasons, entirely fabricated. Many of them, although they never studied high school biology, seem to know more than trained medical experts and doctors.Others claim to be defending liberty and opposing government tyranny. some folks use both teh medical and political arguments, just to be sure. Look yourself in the mirror, and repeat after me: i will wear a mask, because I choose to to please other people, not because anybody forces me too, which they cannot. The reprehensible part is the dishonesty. Fabricating phony reasons for behaving irresponsibly is dishonorable. You refuse to wear a mask because its uncomfortable, inconvenient, and your vanity prevents you from hiding your pretty face. Killer carbon dioxide? Government tyranny? Gimme a break. For example, it is far more honorable to say that you don't like Michelle Obama than to accuse her of being  a man. Or that you don't like Barack Obama, rather than accusing him of having been born in Africa. Or to simply say that you don't like bill and Hillary Clinton, rather than accusing them of being pedophiles.Rationalization is the favorite tool of moral cowards, of those who wish to conceal their true motives. If, for instance,you happen to be displease with the National Basketball association, please have the integrity to announce that you do not approve of the Black Lives Matter movement, rather tying to utter some high sounding false blather about disapproving of athletes taking political stands.