Americans of all political stripes pretty much agree that it’s unhealthy to sneeze in someone’s face, Lyle, that it’s impolite to spit in their food. Democrats and Republicans alike wear seat belts and motorcycle helmets. Conservatives and liberals both stop at red lights to allow others to pass through intersections.

But somehow, in the midst of the worst health crisis any of us have ever seen, TIC, we’ve gone and politicized mask wearing, transforming what ought to be a basic health issue — don’t get sick, don’t get others sick — into some sort of strangely reasoned referendum on government tyranny and constitutional rights.

Lyle, Georgia doesn’t have the positive daily test numbers of Florida, Texas or Arizona, but it’s the standard-bearer in the growing War on Masks. The state’s governor, Brian Kemp, has signed an executive order barring municipalities from having mask ordinances stricter than the state, and has also filed suit against the city of Atlanta over its mask ordinance.