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		cochne on July 20, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Any claim without a URI should be treated as suspi... I'll start of by saying the author has provided some nice research. However, this particular example is the kind of thing where it doesn't even really matter wether its legitimate or not. The fact that it doesn't attribute it to any particular source makes it almost meaningless. It's basically just saying that some person 100 years ago said "X". Does it really matter if I have a source for that? This content is clearly not meant to convince, only entertain.

edent on July 20, 2020 [–]

The claim is "even a hundred years ago we had prats who didn't want to wear masks because they were embarrassed."

This citation shows that, yes, this was a trope even back then.

mensetmanusman on July 20, 2020 | [–]

It’s strange, because a mask can mask identity, so why would you be embarrassed if few can recognize you?

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