You Teach A Child To Rat Out Friends, Parents, Neighbors, And Strangers
Reason #29 that Face Masks Hurt Kids
Dear Reader,
The wearing of a face mask to protect against a respiratory virus is an act of grand deceit. It is a behavior that defies research on the topic. Wearing a face mask, as this article (one of many) points to — is unsafe to do and is ineffective.
Until the narrative around mandatory masking has changed, each day by 6am Eastern, I will both post here and send out a science-based reason why no one should wear a face mask.
I ask that you help me circulate these pieces to those around you who you believe could most benefit from them. It is important not to remain silent on this topic. These are important discussions to be having with friends, family members, business owners, healthcare practitioners, public servants, and others in the community.
-Allan
In some places, you get a real whooping if you rat anyone out to authority for any reason.
It takes a special kind of person to rat his brother out to his parents instead of dealing with it between themselves.
It takes a special kind of person to rat the bully out to the teacher instead of dealing with it.
With words, with fists, with wiles, whatever it may be, not turning to authority teaches you to figure out problems better and to communicate better.
The mask is a way to break that down and to teach a child to rat people out.
There is a new type of accusing look that some children give to the unmasked. It was not an accusing look that existed prior to 2020. The look demonstrates a mighty corruption of the child.
The term “tattle-tale” refers to someone who takes an age appropriate challenge and refuses to embrace it, choosing instead to bring the matter to an authority figure.
At the heart of this term is a hesitation to be courageous, a hesitation to say “I have got this, and come what may, everything will be alright.”
As children are increasingly “raised” by mothers they never see, in homes populated by distant male role models, if a stable man is even present at all, who can possibly fault a child for being unable to say “I have got this, and come what may, everything will be alright.”
That may be the case for an 18-month-old, an 18-year-old or even an 80-year-old. A basic sense of security is developed at a young age and in the familial bond, though it can, of course, be developed later in life and in other ways, or degraded. He who can interfere with that sense of security has done all he needs to in order to turn a person to authority when placed under pressure, rather than having the confidence and wherewithal to handle a matter on his own.
A tattle-tale is not merely one who goes to an authority figure, it is one who goes prematurely, refusing to handle a matter well within his level of ability.
One does not always know what one’s abilities are, of course. An adventurous spirit, undergirded, by self-confidence, helps a person grow more quickly. A spirit lacking in that, will grow more slowly in his individual capacity, perhaps not growing at all in some areas, always needing to turn to authority in those areas, when he is, in fact, perfectly capable of handling the matter.
A tattle-tale is not only ugly because he cannot be trusted and gets people in trouble — sometimes people deserve to get in trouble. A tattle-tale is ugly because he simply cannot be trusted. He lacks the self-confidence that undergirds all virtuous behavior. He shows that by so regularly turning to authority to handle what he could handle perfectly fine on his own.
Authority figures who want to see that person grow, abhor this behavior and want the individual to take on as much responsibility as he can and to grow accordingly. This is the case at every stage of human development.
Authority figures who crave power and do not desire the growth of that individual, appreciate this behavior and will encourage it.
That is where we now find ourselves. A growing list of behaviors that fit in a category of “If you see something, say something,” are foisted upon our children as normal. It is not normal. It is sick.
Normal is for a healthy child to want to take on as much responsibility and challenge as possible and to report back about his failings and accomplishments later that day at the dinner table.
Abnormal is to go through the day, looking for reasons to report others to an authority figure.
Sure, there are all kinds of people who use the word tattle-tale, rat, stool pigeon, because they do not want to get into trouble for the bad that they have done, but it is about far more than that.
Being a tattle-tale is bad for the tattle-tale. There are times to judiciously turn to authority. We are far beyond that point. The trend in society is to constantly turn to authority rather than to take ownership over a situation.
There are many ways by which that sense of personal responsibility and sense of ownership are chipped away at. They must all be avoided: among adults and children alike.
Reporting non-compliance with one-size-fits-all health mandates is a recent and powerful trend in a long line of trends that have the long-term impact of further enfeebling children on the road to adulthood.
The bestselling book "Face Masks In One Lesson" by Allan Stevo describes how to never wear a face mask again. The follow-up to the book, "Face Masks Hurt Kids," describes why to never wear a face mask again. We must defeat the awful, narrative around the mandates.
Examples of how face masks hurt kids will be posted to the Lockdown Land Substack each morning by 6am Eastern until the narrative around this ineffective and harmful medical intervention has shifted. Face masks are, in fact, not just harmful to children. Face masks are harmful to everyone. Thank you so much for helping me circulate this research.