MASK Is a Four-Letter Word
When non-mask-wearing in public has become a symbol of noncompliance, defiance, or rebellion among members of right-wing political parties or alt-right religious or conspiratorial groups.
Hardcore white racists and supremacists in the US and the West deny the protective health benefits of the mask against the coronavirus—for them, mask is a four-letter word, and donning a mask is a vain habit of the weaklings, who have surrendered their personal rights to the authority.