I hate the chuds who don't care, but I am getting pretty sick of the libs who post ig stories telling people to mask up, then the next day they post a story at a house party with 15 of their "closest" friends
I hate the chuds who don't care, but I am getting pretty sick of the libs who post ig stories telling people to mask up, then the next day they post a story at a house party with 15 of their "closest" friends
The honest ones are worse, no question. They're out every weekend while your pretenders might go to a social event here or there, and guess which events take even basic covid precautions. The folks pretending are bad, too, but (1) you can sometimes shame them into doing/supporting the right thing, (2) occasionally they'll do good stuff out of habit, (3) sometimes partial compliance has value even if it's not ideal, and (4) they're not going to spearhead dangerous stuff like anti-mask rallies.
It's also worthwhile to dig into what "pretend" means in this context. Much like how anti-abortion folks are surprisingly good at justifying their abortion, I think a lot of people take covid seriously when it comes to other people's behavior, but their get together is viewed as justified. So it's not exactly pretending, at least not in all cases. Most "pretending" people probably don't secretly think covid precautions are bullshit -- they think they're good, but they're also willing to prioritize their own interests, at least some of the time.
I hate the phrase virtue signaling so I won't say its that, it sounds like what you are getting at is "Magical Thinking" or cognitive dissonance. I know this one older acquantiance who threw a suprise birthday party for her relative. The relative died of covid but they have "no idea" how she got it. Another person has "no idea" how he got it cause he "only" hung out with a few close friends and wore a mask when he went grocery shopping every week. Its always "That can't happen to me"
Honestly just seems like we're chastising libs for not being perfect in the middle of a pandemic. I haven't been out to a gathering larger than like 5 people but, like, shit happens. Chuds are literally out there partying harder than before just to rub it to the libs. My piece of shit bigot upstairs neighbors are literally inviting their entire friends and family to their home when they'd done nothing of the sort before.