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.