again: i oppose lockdown measures. but, i'm not sure the anti-lockdown groups are really the kind of temporary allies i'm looking for. and, i don't know what the point of protesting in the park is.

it reflects this kind of enslaved attitude, as these people seem to require some kind of validation or something. no, really - that's what it has to be about.

if you don't want to wear a mask, don't wear one. i don't. the rules are far less strict than you think, and they only exist because people are passively allowing for it. if you really want to oppose the mask laws, then just go about your life without one.

likewise, if you want to throw a party, then throw one - although i'd advise taking specific precautions to avoid getting raided.

this isn't a collective issue, where we need to get together to pressure our governments to act, it's a question of individual choice. and, the way to undo the tyranny is not through a protest movement, but by just discarding the authority of the state as overreaching it's constitutional bounds.

so, it brings up questions about what their motives really are, and whether or not what you're seeing is really what are fairly shady groups with pretty bad politics essentially trying to take advantage of the scenario. we're living in a dark point of history, where the left has essentially abandoned science under the force of immense statist brainwashing, so what i would like to see - the left taking advantage of the crisis to build solidarity - has essentially been co-opted by the right, who at least seem to see the potential value of the moment. so, in a sense, i have to applaud the right for actually doing what the left should be doing, and this is just the latest example in a kind of trend of that occurring. but, it doesn't make these groups any more appealing.

i know this is a lonely time, but it's better to stay away from these kinds of groups than think you can co-opt them. they're more likely to get to you than you are to get to them.

so, that's my advice - protesting is the wrong tactic, here, because this isn't about the collective will, it's about personal choice; it's a social issue, it's not a political issue. and, you don't need anybody's approval or validation, in life. just go out and do what you want.