now that I think about it, we were quite the 4T nation for a while (very briefly)

[David Horn]

(09-24-2021, 10:30 AM)sbarrera Wrote: I think that, despite all the sound and fury, the anti-mask/anti-vax element is a minority and our society has for the most part been willing to comply with measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus. I thought we adopted it quickly, and that this was a sign of us being in the 4T, even in early 2020. I remember being impressed by how readily people were following social distancing rules even in the spring of 2020, and going along with further measures like face masks required and limited numbers of customer in stores.

Now where I live in semi-rural Pennsylvania most of the folks are anti-maskers, and I am often the only one in a store who is wearing a mask, or in the small minority in a big box place like the WalMart (literally the only substantial retail outlet in my town). I suppose, in a way, this element is also 4T because they are united in their own version of *what must be done* - resist the tyranny of the Democrats, I think, is what they think they are doing, though I would say they are misguided. I live in a pretty well vaccinated state overall with relatively low Covid incidence (compared to hellholes like Florida) so I'd say this element is getting a "freedumb ride" thanks to living in a region with mostly sensible people.

I live in a similar area in Virginia, and yes, most of the community thinks vaccines are tyranny.  The sad part: they thinnk it's God's will when they get sick, and, for those who think that way, it has no impact on their thinking about their own mortality.  Like PA, VA is a well vaccinated state as a whole, but looking county by conty, it's less consistent.  Lynchburg, home of Liberty University, is every bit as bad as Dade County Florida. The adjoining counties are moderately bad and the next counties beyond are fine -- all have the same mentality but less density.