In her letter “GOP’s election plans will take away voters’ rights” (May 30, TribLIVE), Frances Weiss misquoted me when she stated: “George Silowash said he believed state mask mandates have taken our rights away.”
My words in my letter “How about we all make our own mask decisions?” (May 23, TribLIVE) were: “Let me propose a novel idea. How about letting people decide for themselves whether or not they want to wear a mask? It is called freedom. But since our freedom has been taken away for over a year, and people are so used to the government (at just about every level) telling them what to do, most of us have lost the ability to make independent choices.” This has nothing to do with rights. It has everything to do with freedom to choose.
She then went on to “wonder if (I) feel as strongly about … changes to state election laws.” For the life of me, I fail to see where my freedom to not wear a mask (or wear one) has anything to do with an eligible voter casting a ballot, whether by mail or in person. Maybe someone can explain this to me.
George Silowash
Penn Township, Westmoreland County