COVID Anti-Vaxxers are the Ultimate Snowflakes

Equating vaccine mandates and mask requirements with tyranny shows us all how privileged and fragile you are

Image: GOP anti-vax mandate protest, NYC, 8/15/21 Ron Adar, Shutterstock, standard license, purchased by author

They say no two snowflakes look alike. But from all appearances at the anti-vax and anti-mask rallies — filled with people convinced that either COVID is a hoax or efforts to mitigate it are one step removed from the gulag — I’m not so sure.

There’s an awful lot of similarity there: overwhelmingly white and with the kind of wide-eyed look so common for those whose marination in conspiracy theories has all but pickled their brains.

For those who’ve been wondering, this is why America can’t have nice things.

Seriously, how fragile must one be to think having to wear a mask in a grocery — or even being encouraged to do so since few mandates are in place — is tantamount to oppression?

How utterly spoiled, privileged, and not oppressed must you be to think having to get a vaccine to get on a cruise ship or to come back to your dorm room this fall are examples of persecution?

Perhaps I shouldn’t be surprised. After all, these are the same kinds of people who think their kids’ inability to say prayers over the intercom in public school is anti-Christian bigotry, just…