There’s nothing patriotic about folks refusing to wear a mask in public during this pandemic. They are aiding and abetting the enemy – the COVID-19 virus that already has claimed nearly 90,000 U.S. lives and infected more than 1 million Americans. Sensible Texans, of course, ignore the angry rants of anti-mask people who have protested in state capitals, including Austin, this spring. Some showed off guns along with U.S. flags. A few bizarrely waved Confederate flags, as if to declare, yes, we openly support dead enemies of the United States who were soundly trounced a whopping 155 years ago. More than a century ...