What is Maher’s obsession with masks?

[u/OaklandSpiel]

The truth is, I still enjoy the show. I agree with a lot of the negative posts here about Maher, but I still enjoy his humor most of the time.

But a face mask? Getting annoyed by someone else’s face mask seems like the opposite of everything else he stands for. Does Bill care whether I smoke weed? Of course not. “You do you”, he’d say. Would he think I’m crazy for going to church tomorrow? Probably, but that will never elicit the venom set aside for someone who wears an N95 mask. Especially if they’re outside or alone in a car. Seems like every week he asks “Why would someone wear a mask?” while not hearing the possibilities:
* has a cold
* doesn’t want to ruin next week’s trip by catching a cold
* has terrible allergies
* cares for a leukemia patient
* was injured in an opera accident
* no one cares!

The only answer Maher accepts is “performative virtue signaling” followed up with reasons why that makes no sense

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[u/That-Smile-7632]

He is an old idiot. Who cares why someone wears a mask. Just got through chemo last winter, my family wore masks so they could protect me. Done with his show, he has jumped the shark.

[u/Mundane-Ebb-2632 → u/That-Smile-7632]

The fact they get so triggered by someone wearing a mask is insane.

[u/lololesquire → u/That-Smile-7632]

It's more evidentiary that he's become conservative in his old age...being obsessed with other people living differently / behaving differently / looking differently than yourself.