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And I don\u2019t want to hear any more nonsense about \u2018you are limiting my freedom\u2019. Obviously, every law limits somebody\u2019s freedom. Stoplights limit somebody\u2019s freedom. Age limits on driver\u2019s licenses limit somebody\u2019s freedom, and frankly it\u2019s a good thing we have such limits. Requiring people to wear a mask during a pandemic is a temporary limit for sure. And refusing to do so because of \u2018my freedom\u2019 is pure narcissism, pure putting yourself first over others. America needs to be better than that.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"