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I just want to make sure I'm understanding you correctly.

Are you equating wearing a small piece of cloth -- something all of us are already legally required to do outdoors -- with jailing and forced treatment of the homeless?

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Are you equating abject neglect of society's responsibilities of caring for our fellow humans with freedom?

That question only makes sense if you beg the question and assume that the only way to fulfill "society's responsibilities of caring for our fellow humans" is "jailing and forced treatment", otherwise it's just a rhetorical bit with no substance.

The GP's question was obviously baiting but also follows logically.

That’s your/gparent’s phrasing, not mine. I’ve actually worked in a mental hospital, and it was 100x better and more humane than the freedom to die from the elements and/or eat from garbage cans while yelling at no one in particular.

Of course not. I'm pointing out people upset with a small mandated inconvenience are completely fine with the imprisonment and forced medication of others.

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