My wife’s family came from Wisconsin to visit us in Rochester, New York. Her mom, sister, cousin and 14 year old niece came to meet our son. At first, the 14 year old was excited to be to New York. She said Wisconsin was overrated and wanted to stay and babysit. Thread https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇" title="Down pointing backhand index" aria-label="Emoji: Down pointing backhand index">

Today, the 14 year old, my wife’s mother and cousin went to @target to do some shopping and get out of the house. In Wisconsin they are not required to wear masks, nor is mask-wearing customary. A shopper at Target confronted my wife’s cousin about not wearing a mask. Cont......

My wife’s cousin, being a Midwesterner, apologized and said she was visiting and didn’t bring her mask. The woman called my wife’s cousin an asshole and went and reported them for not wearing masks. The manager came and told my mother in law that they had to mask up or leave.....

My MIL gave the manager the items she was going to buy and they left. This mask culture is damaging. People from other, freer states, think we are freaks. Our 14-YO niece came back with a whole new perspective on NY. She said “New York sucks.” Cont...........

She also said, “I thought New Yorkers were supposed to be tough!” Later, I went to Wegmans to get the things my MIL was unable to get at Wegmans. To my dismay, there was 99% mask compliance. We need to resist this crap. We need to reverse course on this madness. End thread.