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“I didn’t draw a comparison between face masks and Nazi Germany. Nor did I say COVID comes from 5G. A gossip magazine did\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
He concluded his statement claiming he wouldn’t cut out his past comments since he is exercising ‘freedom of speech.’<\/p>\n
“I’m not going to delete any comments because at the end of the day, I’m glad we can all practice freedom of speech.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Why did Ziggy Alberts choose to clarify that he didn’t aim to offend any people out there?<\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CC0S7n5J3b7\/<\/p>\n
On 19 July, the musician stated he was against the Melbourne’s mandatory mask rule on IG story. Alberts also compared the mask rule compulsion to Nazism, which offended most of his followers.<\/p>\n
He began:<\/p>\n
I just want to say my heart is with you Victoria,\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\u201cI\u2019m in complete opposition of the government\u2019s decision to introduce mandated face masks in Melbourne when all it does is strips Australians of their basic rights in what is supposed to be a free society.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Next, he brought up his family history, including his childhood days, when the singer’s mother migrated to Australia to break free from Hungarian’s communism. His great grandfather protected a Jewish family amidst the holocaust. He asserted that the country isn’t free till the citizens are allowed to leave their homes without a mask. So, Alberts was in full opposition of “mandatory face masks or lockdowns in a free country.”<\/p>\n
https:\/\/twitter.com\/forghandi\/status\/1284812386793172992<\/p>\n
Alberts continued:<\/p>\n
\u201cPlease put aside your fear and consider if you are willing to make these basic freedoms a subject of government consent,\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not, and I\u2019m not willing to force that upon anyone else.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
And Twitter blew off his perception bitterly.<\/p>\n
One of the folks bites back the musician’s comparison between mask rules and the Nazi dictatorship.<\/p>\n
\u201cLOL. Can we talk about Ziggy Alberts saying \u201cIt\u2019s really that simple\u201d before making the most outlandish comparison of wearing masks to communist dictatorship and Nazi rule. So simple.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Another one couldn’t understand the logic behind the mandatory mask protocols and Alberts’ family history of escaping communism.<\/p>\n
\u201cZiggy Alberts trying to relate wearing face masks to hiding Jews during the Holocaust is all kinds of messed up.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
On 19 June, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announced a mandatory requirement to wear a mask of face-covering cloth; otherwise, a penalty of $200 is executed. Additionally, the residents of Melbourne are prohibited from leaving their house unless it’s for ‘food, exercise, work or education, and caregiving.’<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Government authorities have come up with new rules and restrictions to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic, whereas the anti-mask group is hostile to the mandatory mask policies held across Melbourne. Ziggy Alberts, an Australian singer, was thrashed with backlashes when he behaved as one of the members of the anti-mask group, saying Melbourne’s mandatory mask<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1064,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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