Madsen’s biases

In her July 16 column Sue Lani Madsen asserted that it is divisive to publicly shame those who don’t wear a mask. That may be so, but those who refuse to wear a mask should be ashamed of themselves. Yesterday, I was at the Park Bench ice cream stand, and saw a woman with a lively little girl, both unmasked, walk right up to the order window, right in front of the sign that said everyone should be masked, and place her order. Then the little girl turned to go to the pick-up window, where an older gentleman was waiting, masked. He said, “Please don’t come over here.” Both mother and daughter stepped back, and there was no more problem. Was it a divisive thing for the man to say? Maybe. But his life was at stake. And if the woman was unmasked just out of stubbornness, she should have been ashamed.

On a related topic, Madsen ascribes most of the problem with masks to “liberal bias.” Because Madsen is so free in making generalizations about liberals, I’ll ask a question: Why is it that conservatives, when someone opposes their ideas, always whine about liberal bias? Why can’t they ever admit that they could be wrong?

Philip Weller

Spokane