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A World of Eyes Without Faces - Systematic Dehumanization During the Birdemic Crisis

4/13/2020

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It's early days yet, but I posit the face/surgical mask will become the lasting symbol of the birdemic totalitarian takeover.

For a while it appeared toilet paper might take the prize, but the desperation over clean backsides appears to have abated. By the same token, an obsession for wearing face masks in public has become more intense and widespread. Some clever companies have even begun creating stylish face masks for fashionistas who simply refuse go out into the street unless their masks match their shoes.

As far as I know, the wearing of face masks was already an established custom in countries like China, Japan, and South Korea well before the birdemic takeover, but the trend never really caught on in the West. Well, the birdemic appears to have changed all of that. I can't say for sure, but I have a feeling face masks will remain a part of everyday life in Western countries long after the ridiculous panic and fear subsides.


In some circumstances I am sure a face mask can offer the wearer some protection against airborne viruses or help protect others against the wearer's germs, but as is the case with almost everything in life, certain criteria and methods need to be in place in order for the practice to prove effective. I am no medical expert, but I am under the impression that only a few of the masks out there offer any real protection. I also suspect face masks often offer no protection or do more harm than good. For example, people don't always wear the masks properly or end up touching their faces far more than they would under normal circumstances. 

The effectiveness of face masks is debatable. What is not debatable is the sense of security it appears to provide the wearer. Let's face it, the birdemic has struck abject terror in the general population. People appear willing to do anything to reduce their risk of being infected by the virus. Some countries have mandated people wear face masks when they go out in public. Perhaps they believe masking everyone will create an aura of safety and responsibility. I don't know. 

But I do know this - I don't like face masks in public. There is something inherently dehumanizing about masking the human face. A crucial channel of communication and existence is denied when the human face is hidden. True, eyes are the windows to souls, but faces are windows to human personality.

Stop and think about all the non-verbal communication a human face is capable of transmitting; this non-verbal communication is a vital part of the human experience. Facial expressions often reveal as much if not more than mere words can, especially when it comes to emotions. A deep frown or a gentle smile broadcasts far more than a verbal expression of sadness or pleasure ever could. The human face is an important and powerful channel, one we all use to interact with others and the world. Faces contain critical reservoirs of information that help us read and interact with others; that important channel is now being veiled from sight. 


This may sound overly dramatic to some, but I believe the measures taken in response to the birdemic crisis all contain purposive dehumanizing elements. In fact, I would go as far as to claim that the entire process has been intentionally dehumanizing right from the start. Put another way, the mandated responses are deliberately and systematically humiliating us and depriving us of essential positive human qualities and rights, both individually and collectively. 

Lockdowns, social-distancing, work-from-home, church closures, face masks, and all the rest of it can all be rationally explained away at the temporal level; and this is exactly what most people appear to be doing as they passively accept whatever restrictions are imposed upon them. But can the same be said for the spiritual level? 

I view the birdemic response as an intrinsic part of our current spiritual war. Seen from this perspective, the demonically-inspired dehumanizing elements within most of the measures we have all been ordered to take become glaringly obvious. A trace of humiliation stains all of it. Humans are social creatures, yet we are being ordered to social distance; to limit all non-essential travel and meetings with others; to avoid gathering in groups of more than two or three. Even when we are in public, we are being mandated to keep a two meter distance between ourselves and others. And when we are out in public, what do we see? Masked people. Eyes without faces. All the while, less visible forms of pernicious dehumanization are quietly taking place in the background as people are deprived of their jobs, businesses, and livelihoods. 

As I have already stated, there is something fundamentally dehumanizing about all of it - but I find the masked faces particularly troubling. We are made in God's image and faces are a big part of that image, yet that image is being masked and hidden from view. When we hide the human face, we are, in essence, hiding God.

​That might sound a little over the top, but that's how I feel about it. The other restrictions may eventually be eased or lifted to some extent, but I have a feeling the face masks will stay even after the supposed danger has passed.


George Orwell said that if we wanted to see a vision of the future, we should imagine a boot stomping on the human face forever, but Orwell never could have imagined the human face would be masked.

A boot stomping on a masked human face forever - that will become the symbol of the birdemic totalitarian takeover. Count on it. 

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On a somewhat silly side note, Billy Idol's song Eyes Without a Face takes on a whole new dimension within the context of a permanently masked public. The song obviously has no direct connection to the birdemic crisis or face masks, but some of the lyrics extend beyond the song's original framework of detailing a betrayed/tainted love relationship: 

Eyes without a face
Got no human grace
You're eyes without a face
Such a human waste
You're eyes without a face 

And now it's getting worse 
Note added: The only humanizing effect of the current lockdown I can think of is increased family time at home. Let's hope and pray that is not disrupted while the lockdown measures are in effect. 
12 Comments
Loïc
4/13/2020 23:32:57

Your previous text in conjunction with this one brought to my memory how in Dostoevsky's "The Idiot", Prince Myshkin is haunted by the eyes of his evil double Rogozhin.

Thank you for your blog.

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Francis Berger
4/14/2020 07:37:39

@ Loic - That's an interesting connection to The Idiot. I hadn't considered it before. Thanks.

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William James Tychonievich link
4/14/2020 07:15:34

Mask-wearing in East Asia got started in response to one of the respiratory epidemics of the 20th century (I forget which one) and continued after the scare had passed, so, yes, it seems highly likely that the West will follow a similar path.

I dislike masks but find it professionally necessary during the birdemic panic to wear one in the classroom and require my students to do the same.

I was a bit taken aback to see a “masks required” sign the other day on the door of a restaurant — you know, an establishment where people go to open their mouths and put food in them!

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Francis Berger
4/14/2020 07:40:39

@ Wm - I don't think anyone intrinsically likes masks - not even ugly people (lame joke attempt, sorry), but you're right - they will become a part of life in the West. People will wear them for a variety of reasons - professional, personal, or otherwise.

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Craig Davis
4/14/2020 13:32:23

I stopped at Walmart to pick up some groceries on the way home from work yesterday. In spite of the governor of Colorado strongly encouraging everyone to wear masks, not more than half of the people were doing so. A fair percentage of the masked were "at risk" types, so somewhat understandable. The overall trend has not been in a good direction, but flyover America, west of the Mississippi still retains some of the "old west" spirit. Needless to say, I was among the maskless.

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Francis Berger
4/14/2020 20:40:33

@ Craig - Next door in Austria, people are not allowed into stores without masks. Here in Hungary, it's still optional. But what happens if/when it's not? Sure, a mask is no big deal, but if I cave in on that point, where else might I cave in? That's the deeper issue, I guess.

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Gayle ulm
6/3/2020 04:59:03

Thank you for eloquently speaking. I am very distraught over the face mask issue and how easily people go along with whatever they are told is “best” for them. What happened to individual thinking and our freedom to choose? I am an adult. Many years ago I was taught not to give into peer pressure.

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Mark
11/17/2020 22:39:42

Iagree,Missing the outdoor pool,I go to stores that areanti-mask.ThankYou,Markchess721@protonmail.com Vitamin Dand selenium,etc,instead!!

As I previously stated You need an electron microscope to see a virus !!

So a person has to be some combination of stupid-brainwashed-Cowardly to think that a flimsy mask will help !!

Look at the meat-headed mayor of hoboken,who is now "self-quarantining" ! Ha.

Oh,I just Love how nancy pelosi was caught on camera, maskless getting her hair done in an illegally opened hair salon !!
(All the hair salons should have rebelled and opened !! ) There should be a vast profusion and avalanche of lawsuits and protests against
this violation of human rights and free speech.( YOUR SMILE IS FREE SPEECH,masks are DE-HUMANIZING !! )

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/09/03/what-we-know-nancy-pelosis-hair-salon-trip-amid-coronavirus/5708541002/

http://hillsdalecollegian.com/2020/10/letter-to-the-editor-wearing-masks-is-dehumanizing/


How about the common sense FACT,that I am absolutely certain that doctors have been prescribing ANTIBIOTICS for bacterial pneumonia and
bronchitis all these months folks were wearing these VILE masks !! If a bacteria is so many thousands of times bigger than a virus and that didn't prevent infections ..


I included the Denis Rancourt medical journal papers as well, Cheers,Mark When will this "cult of coronavirus" end ??
Good Grief !! :( These folks are drinking the kook-aid WTF ??) God Help Us George Orwell, sheesh Good grief !! :(

https://twitter.com/denisrancourt/status/1325813301314539520 DR.SUESS TO THE RESCUE, HILARIOUS !

https://www.facebook.com/WACOrlando/videos/the-dehumanizing-face-mask-pandemic-video-by-ditrh/300931954299765/

Vitamin D and C instead,NOT virus-porous Brainwashing masks,

wearing a mask is like using chain link fence for window screens...100% useless...
But the agenda is not about health...it is about subjugating us! It is a muzzle!!

https://twitter.com/denisrancourt/status/1325813301314539520

https://thecritic.co.uk/the-lockdown-lobotomy/

https://www.rcreader.com/commentary/masks-dont-work-covid-a-review-of-science-relevant-to-covide-19-social-policy

https://thecritic.co.uk/face-masks-make-you-stupid/

http://www.thereflector.com/opinion/article_1d2bdf74-db3c-11ea-9cdb-a7747918415c.html

https://triblive.com/opinion/letter-to-the-editor-look-at-the-range-of-science-on-face-masks/

http://hillsdalecollegian.com/2020/10/letter-to-the-editor-wearing-masks-is-dehumanizing/

http://hillsdalecollegian.com/2020/10/resist-masktopia/

https://www.francisberger.com/bergers-blog/a-world-of-eyes-without-faces-systematic-dehumanization-during-the-birdemic-crisis

https://www.uchealth.org/today/zinc-could-help-diminish-extent-of-covid-19/

https://www.facebook.com/WACOrlando/videos/the-dehumanizing-face-mask-pandemic-video-by-ditrh/300931954299765/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7246001/

In view of the facts mentioned above it seems logical to assume that sodium selenite could represent a potential agent for the prevention of viral infections including coronavirus, according to the mechanism suggested for the Ebola virus [21]. In the paper presented by Jayawarden [22], the authors stated that selenium supplementation inhibited the development of polio and influenza virus. Which also agrees with our hypothesis that selenium strengthens the immune system. This element increases the proliferation of natural killer (NK) cells. Selenium also has a positive effect in combination with some vitamins (D, E) as presented in the work Delesderrier et al. [23]. The combination of phytoncides found in onions along with selenium increased T lymphocyte proliferation [24]. In addition, selenium reduces the formation of thrombosis in the blood vessels. According to Fogarty [25], blood coagulation disorders leading to the formation of micro-clots are a significant cause of death in patients with COVID-19. We believe that the use of sodium selenite in anticoagulation therapy may reduce the risk of blood clots forming (formation of high-molecular polymer - parafibrin) in patients with COVID-19 particularly at risk for its severe course. It should be mentioned that this chemical reagent is rather inexpensive and readily available. It is only unfortunately that physicians, having limited knowledge of this mineral, cannot understand that such a simple chemical substance can have such dramatic health effects.

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Denise Gerlitz
6/14/2020 01:38:58

As a children's pastor, I have to begin teaching my kids while wearing a mask and they all have their adorable little faces covered. I'm at a crossroads as to whether I want to continue in my ministry. I can't imagine all those adorable little faces covered up. Makes me sad.

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Todd Wiseman
7/8/2020 21:12:27

It's truly tragic to not be able to see a girls lips or sculpted cheekbones, I've not worn a silly fear mask since day one, it's all a big fake HOAX you see, one big government PSYOPS project that has military origins going back to 2000, when albert gore lost the election, can tell you here in Ohio , people are a bunch of scared rabbits like a bunch of robot puppets, so sad, the FREEDOM of having your own face is the most important thing of all in regard to self identity, whatever dumb color or type of mask, it's still a mask, a muzzle and neutering of the souL , no different that how Hitler made his minions wear Nazi armbands back in 1942, the whole notion of one nation being into robot puppets is repulsive to me, beyond offensive and vulgar, shocking how utterly gullible these people in their 20s & 30s are , two generations of lost souLs who accept blind LIES without questioning the real reasons.

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Nobody Important
7/10/2020 00:43:37

Next they will say take this Mark either on your forehead or on the back of your hand representing that you are part of the new world order. They will give all kinds of "good" reasons as to why you should do it and why we should shun those who don't.

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Carianne Marr
1/13/2021 18:55:28

I 100% agree with you!

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