I hate how social togetherness has become politicised, but I also hate how weak government messaging has let it happen - so maybe it really is politicised. Wearing a mask shouldn't be taboo. It's a fecking mask. Nobody is asking you to put a giant picture of Jeremy Corbyn up in your living room or pledge allegiance to the Soviet Union. They're just saying "don't be a selfish dick, just put on a mask" and yet so many people are just running about shouting "me me me".
In Scotland wearing a mask for the last couple of weeks has become second nature. It just makes sense. But it worked because the Scottish government said "wear a fecking mask". Now that the UK government have said "um, maybe wear one please? Or not, actually yes" the same stores that were enforcing mask wearing, and at least at my local Asda were hiring fecking security to enforce it, are now saying "don't wear one if you don't want to, we won't enforce it anymore".
This pathetic, weak, leeway granting messaging is giving the chancers the inch they need to take a mile. And you better believe that they'll take it.