Republican explains why he won't wear a mask:'It's part of the dehumanization of the children of God

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May 28, 2020

By Matthew Chapman

On Thursday, CNN spoke with GOP lawmakers who refuse to wear masks — and one of the more colorful responses came from Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA).

“Can you smell through that mask?” said Higgins. “Then you’re not stopping any sort of a virus. It’s part of the dehumanization of the children of God. You’re participating in it by wearing a mask.”

“What you’re wearing is a bacteria trap; it’s not helping your health or anybody else’s,” Higgins added.

In reality, medical experts have broadly recommended wearing face masks not to protect yourself from coronavirus, but to suppress transmission to other people in case you are carrying the virus without symptoms. COVID-19 spreads from particles carried by coughing, sneezing, or exhaling, and can be present before symptoms begin — or even if they never develop.

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https://www.rawstory.com/2020/05/republican-explains-why-he-wont-wear-a-mask-its-part-of-the-dehumanization-of-the-children-of-god/

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Christ on a cracker. People better pull their heads out of their asses and stop electing nutbags like this guy or we're all doomed.

[tanyev]

1. Dude, if it was good enough for Moses, it's good enough for you.

Exodus 34:

29 When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the covenant law in his hands, he was not aware that his face was radiant because he had spoken with the Lord. 30 When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, his face was radiant, and they were afraid to come near him. 31 But Moses called to them; so Aaron and all the leaders of the community came back to him, and he spoke to them. 32 Afterward all the Israelites came near him, and he gave them all the commands the Lord had given him on Mount Sinai.

33 When Moses finished speaking to them, he put a veil over his face. 34 But whenever he entered the Lord’s presence to speak with him, he removed the veil until he came out. And when he came out and told the Israelites what he had been commanded, 35 they saw that his face was radiant. Then Moses would put the veil back over his face until he went in to speak with the Lord.

New International Version (NIV)

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus+34%3A29-35&version=NIV

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. God made his butt, too, but I assume he's wearing pants.

And other people can probably smell his farts through his pants. So maybe he shouldn't wear pants?

[I_UndergroundPanther]

4. The Christian god

Mooned moses it's in the bible

[Lokee11]

5. Not sure about that -

After reading what he said - definitely seems like he was talking out his ass?

FDT

[TheBlackAdder]

3. Dehumanization is the embracement of Modern Conservativism & Trumpism.

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When people say that the old should sacrifice themselves for the younger, freeing up capital. . .

That places a value on human life that they somehow state they are against.

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[catbyte]

11. Not to mention calling workers "human capital stock" ala Reinhard Heydrich.

[roamer65]

6. You can take you child of God shit and shove it up ur ass, Higgins.

These people really do deserve a “Great Tribulation”.

They had better pray their rapture bullshit is true. If they fuck this world up and it isn’t, their lives WILL BE HELL ON EARTH.

[GoCubsGo]

7. Well, he'd better hope he doesn't get this disease, or he's going to find out the hard way

what "dehumanizing" really is:

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[GemDigger]

8. I guess when God was handing out common sense to his children

that he forgot a couple million of them.

[regnaD kciN]

9. He obviously loves God so much...

..he wants to meet Him at the earliest opportunity. And make sure lots of others do so as well.

[Buckeyeblue]

10. Does he wear gloves in the winter?

[WePurrsevere]

12. Dehumanization? You mean like...

putting human beings (aka "children of god&quot in cages and separating children from their parents or calling human beings "capital stock" or human casualties " collateral damage".

Not wearing a mask to protect others (and yourself) is not only foolish but very disrespectful and not at all in line with what Jesus taught in the Gospels about loving your neighbour. Of course people like you call yourselves a 'Christian' and get probably haven't actually read and meditated on what Jesus taught in the Gospels in decades.

[JDC]

13. Wrapping himself in the pages of the Bible to sell a political agenda

Just like Jeezus used to do....