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I got called a sheep in the grocery store by a non-masker. I laughed heartily, and said, "Me a sheep??? You follow and do whatever the orange idiot says. Hahaha!" She walked off.

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I like to call him the Manchurian Canteloupe.

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Carla, yeah, but his followers won't know who you are talking about.

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I'm called a sheep idiot and much worse including b**** and c*** by my in-laws for wearing a mask and getting vaccinated. A person I volunteer with who I sort of respected told me today vaccines don't work and it's natural immune systems that keep you from getting the virus

Not true but I have to see this woman every day. Do I educate or just stay away from her? In these new times not alway easy to decide.

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I am really so sorry. ThankYou for posting this. We need to hear these stories to know what people are up against.

I had a MIL like that. The issue was second hand smoke - with a newborn with respiratory problems and who later developed asthma. Stay as far away as possible. For the rest, you can lead by example and keep as disengaged as possible.

I have sadly given up on a long time colleague and friend. Over the past decade she has gone down the antivaxx rabbit hole and that is her happy place. She is in total denial and bitterly angry at everyone who can't see she is right. I brought up vaccination exactly three times - when they were first available, when boosters came available, when Delta emerged. Rage, rage, rage.

Nothing constructive to be done. Keep away. The information is widely available. Wearing a mask shows where you stand. If anyone asks politely for your opinion the share it. Otherwise protect your physical and mental health.

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What boggles the mind, they actually do know masks work. They cover their face when they sneeze and taught their kids to do it too! But NOW it doesnтАЩt work. DonтАЩt argue with then, there lies annoyance, at best. You do you. Stay safe.

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And, just yesterday I was laughed at for providing a visual on how masks work. The two responders stated firmly with zero evidence that masks don't work. I'm over the top sick of belligerence.

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I guess I don't mind being called a b****, but the c*** is a deplorable name to be called. I can't imagine the type of person that would use that word toward anyone. Idiot is a runner up on deplorable name-calling. As for the person who is ignorant of COVID vaccine protection, I'd print of a short, precise info sheet and hand it to her. Then you can say you tried and leave the will to learn up to her. She can be belligerent and refuse or willing to give it a go. The odds are very high that she learned her misinformation from someone else.

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HaHa. You might have said " Baaah - to your humbug."

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