Krugman: masks wearers will ‘face violence’

Paul Krugman is predicting that individuals who choose to wear face masks will be targeted with harassment and violence.Krugman’s comment on Tuesday came after a judge on Monday issued a ruling that slapped down the federal mandate which required people to mask up on public transportation.“A prediction about masking: Soon we’ll be seeing many incidents in which those who choose to protect themselves with KN95s etc face harassment, even violence. Because this was never about freedom,” Krugman tweeted.

A prediction about masking: Soon we’ll be seeing many incidents in which those who choose to protect themselves with KN95s etc face harassment, even violence. Because this was never about freedom. — Paul Krugman (@Paul Krugman)
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Many Americans oppose mask mandates and believe that people should have the individual liberty to decide whether or not to don a mask.BlazeTV host Dave Rubin of “The Rubin Report,” responded to Krugman by posting clown emojis. “My view: It was very much about freedom,” Robby Soave, a senior editor of Reason, tweeted in response to Krugman’s comment.“I think a lot of people (including me) just don’t want to be forced to wear masks in airports and on planes,” Michael Strain of the American Enterprise Institute tweeted.Virginia Kruta of the Daily Wire commented: “More likely: if we even notice that someone else has chosen to wear a mask, the worst they’ll get from us as we go about our business is an eye-roll. This was always about personal risk assessment.”“Preemptive outrage is a key subgenre of Liberal Fiction,” Caleb Howe of Mediaite twe …

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