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Violet Affleck and mask mandates

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aold · 24/09/2025 09:44

AIBU think that this shouldn’t be encouraged? Violet Affleck advocating for mask mandates. Daughter of Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck. Speaking about the importance of masks. Says we should still be wearing them to curb the spread of Covid 19.
Shouldn’t a young privileged woman be enjoying her youth? Is there a reason for fit healthy people like her to still walk around in masks?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/index.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-15127909/violet-affleck-mask-mandates-long-covid-ben-jennifer-garner.html

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aold · 24/09/2025 09:52

Finteq · 24/09/2025 09:49

I think she has mental health issues.

Of course she can wear a mask but she shouldn't be trying to force everyone else to wear one.

I’ve heard her speak before and immediately thought this.

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Needmorelego · 24/09/2025 09:51

aold · 24/09/2025 09:51

nepo privilege

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More likely the fact she goes to Yale.

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aold · 24/09/2025 09:51

Overtheatlantic · 24/09/2025 09:50

I guess she’s using her immense privilege for good, although lecturing the UN seems like a right she hasn’t yet earned.

nepo privilege

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aold · 24/09/2025 09:50

GasperyJacquesRoberts · 24/09/2025 09:48

Are you suggesting that a young woman should not be allowed to choose what she wears?

I’m suggesting that mandatory wearing of masks is totally unnecessary for most people and (as we know from pandemic days) masks aren’t really filtering out all pollutants, airborne viruses and nasties

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DinaofCloud9 · 24/09/2025 09:50

She can do what she likes but she won't convince most people to go along with it.

Overtheatlantic · 24/09/2025 09:50

I guess she’s using her immense privilege for good, although lecturing the UN seems like a right she hasn’t yet earned.

Finteq · 24/09/2025 09:49

I think she has mental health issues.

Of course she can wear a mask but she shouldn't be trying to force everyone else to wear one.

MyAcornWood · 24/09/2025 09:49

She’s not hurting anyone, and I can’t see how this stops her enjoying her life, but the preachy nature of it all is a bit annoying. On an unrelated note, doesn’t she look like her mum?!

GasperyJacquesRoberts · 24/09/2025 09:48

Are you suggesting that a young woman should not be allowed to choose what she wears?

Needmorelego · 24/09/2025 09:46

"Enjoying her youth"
What on earth does that mean? She's at university and this is what she is studying.

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