Arnold Schwarzenegger isn't mincing words when calling out anti-maskers. The "Terminator" star and former governor of California addressed Americans who are still "in denial" about the severity of the pandemic during an interview. “There is a virus here. It kills people and the only way we prevent it is: get vaccinated, wear masks, do social distancing, washing your hands all the time, and not just to think about, ‘Well my freedom is being kind of disturbed here.’ No, screw your freedom," Schwarzenegger said.
“You have the freedom to wear no mask — but you know something? You’re a schmuck for not wearing a mask because you are supposed to protect your fellow Americans around you.” Schwarzenegger then compared the opposition to face masks to traffic laws, arguing that neither are infringements on our rights.
“We put the traffic light at the intersection so someone doesn’t kill someone else by accident,” Schwarzenegger said. “You cannot say, ‘No one is going tell me that I’m going to stop here at this traffic light here, I’m going to go right through it.’ Yeah, then you kill someone else and then it is your doing.” According to him, freedom comes with "obligations and responsibilities. You cannot just say, 'I have the right to do XYZ' when you affect other people. That is when it gets serious." "This is the same thing with the virus. You cannot go and not put the mask on because when you breathe, you can infect someone else. And you can infect someone that then gets sick and may die."
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