Victoria downtown full of uptight masked people.

 I went to the January 29th Freedom rally on Victoria's legislature lawn with thousands of friendly unmasked people .  What stunned me walking about after was seeing sixty percent of the people on the streets wearing masks.  I'd just come from Nanaimo where ten percent of the people were masked on the streets.  What's wrong with Victoria?   Do the downtown citizens all have a "stick up their ass", disapproving of Bonny Henry for not being authoritarian enough?  My sweetheart carried a mild sign, "BRING BACK HUGS  - SHOW YOUR SMILE" and we noted people looking away to avoid eye contact!  I asked one man who had glanced at the sign, "Why are you wearing a mask when you don't have to?"     He said, "Yeah, fuck that",  tucked mask under the chin and walked off.