Arnold Schwarzenegger gave his fellow Americans a blunt message this week.
“Screw your freedom.”
The former governor of California and actor was adamant about his stance on COVID-19 safety precautions while appearing in a video discussion with CNN’s Bianna Golodryga and retired Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman.
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Schwarzenegger, 74, stressed the importance of people wearing masks and said it’s best for people to get vaccinated.
“There is a virus here — it kills people,” Schwarzenegger said. “And the only way we prevent it is to get vaccinated, to wear masks, to do social distancing, washing your hands all the time, and not just to think about, ‘Well, my freedom is being kind of disturbed here.’ No, screw your freedom — because with freedom comes obligations and responsibilities. You cannot just say, ‘I have the right to X, Y, and Z.’ When you affect other people then it gets serious.”
Yesterday while I was talking with @AVindman and @biannagolodryga about Alex’s new book, I was asked about my comment about COVID misinformation that all of you are sharing. Here was my answer: pic.twitter.com/8LKhPIJ1Eu
— Arnold (@Schwarzenegger) August 11, 2021
The responsibility is similar to following the rules at a traffic light, so no one gets killed, the former governor said.
“Yeah, you have the freedom to wear no mask,” he said. “But you know something? You’re a schmuck for not wearing a mask.”
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It’s essential for people to get vaccinated in the face of the delta variant, Schwarzenegger said.
“I don’t want to villainize anyone here, but I just want to tell everyone, let’s work together,” he said. “Let’s stop fighting, because there is a virus, and it’s better to be vaccinated and wear a mask.”
