Not wearing a mask during a global heath pandemic and/or refusing a viable and effective vaccination to provide you with protection and to protect others doesn't make you a freedom-fighter, the equal of a War World 2 hero or a world-class philosopher.
It just means you're a world-class idiot!
Certain media commentators and media outlets who only see historical events through the eyes of British, or more usually English, flag-waving nationalism, please take note and try and get a bit of context and perspective .... especially this muppet .... Neil Oliver criticised after saying he’d happily catch Covid ‘for the sake of freedom’ in bizarre anti-vax GB News monologue
I can’t believe this needs to be said but "freedom" doesn’t give you the "right" to spread the Covid-19 virus any more than it allows you to punch someone in the face.
No individual has the "freedom" or “right” to endanger the lives of other people .... ever.
John Stuart Mill, the 19th century English philosopher, political economist, Member of Parliament and civil servant, so beloved and much acclaimed by right-wing libertarians, would have understood the complete fallacy and selfishness of mask-refuseniks and vaccine-refuseniks.
“The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good, in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it.” .... John Stuart Mill – "On Liberty"
“A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.” .... John Stuart Mill – "On Liberty"
More amusingly, a sign at the bar in the "Black Bull" in Reeth, North Yorkshire making the same point in a different way ....
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