Now, before you put on a long, fake Burberry coat and put a pipe on your mouth while sitting on a chair with an armchair, calling yourself an armchair detective in this story, do note this: in both instances, the videos appear to have been taken after a confrontation.
And it doesn’t help that people kept on saying “Singapore” here and there, when the entire fight against COVID-19 has nothing to do with which country we’re in or which country we’re from.
Now that that’s out of the way, here’s what happened.
Woman in Barney Suit Said the Weirdest Things When Being Confronted for Not Wearing a Mask
You’d have known that since 14 April 2020, wearing a mask is compulsory when you’re in public.
Not having one on would mean you’re going to give Ah Gong back half of what Ah Gong has given you (i.e. $300 fine).
It’s led to people becoming the heroes we don’t deserve and don’t need: online shaming of people not wearing mask, usually sidetracked with some patriotic mutterings that we only hear during National Day.
But this is different.
This lady, whom we should call Barney because that’s what comes to my mind the moment I saw the videos, has been advised by other people to wear a mask not once, but twice.
In the first scene, she appears to argue with an auntie who seems to have lost her cool so much, the shouting match is louder than your English teacher calling your name in class.
Here’s the conversation:
Auntie: Wait for the police to come…(continues shouting like an English teacher)
Barney: You don’t tell me what to do
Auntie: In the first place, you’re wrong to point me (shows middle finger) when you say you’re Singaporean
Barney: You should mind your own business and not—
Auntie: This is our country—
Barney: You should not have been shouting at me
Auntie: I didn’t shout at you. I just said you should wear a mask
And so, now, you’d think that everyone’s triggered because bubble tea shops are closed, right? It’s just tempers flaring?
Well, no.
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In a post shared by a person to Facebook group SG Covidiots, there’s a part 2 of it. Or a sequel.
But what’s certain is that it happened on the same day, or Barney has only one clothing at home.
Here’s the conversation, and once again, it goes the same direction but escalated to something else soon:
Barney: …actually read the law
Human #1: No, I read the law
Barney: (to another person off screen) I’ll show you the video that’s happening here! Same thing! Trying to stop me! And then walk off. Without warning, without fine. I am sovereign! I am a sovereign.
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(For people who don’t know what sovereign means, it refers to a ruler. Or is it? Read on.)
Barney: (inaudible) They don’t understand what a sovereign is. It means I have nothing to do with the police, I’ve no contract with the police (inaudible)
Person with Slang: That doesn’t even make any sense! If you’re a person in Singapore, you’ve to follow the rules in Singapore!
Barney: Now that’s the thing; I’m not a person
Person with Slang: You’re not a person?
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Barney: I’m (inaudible) the person
And so, I’ve taken the liberty to do more research on what she meant.
After three months of research, here’s the conclusion:
Okay, I kid you.
You see, in our peaceful world, there’s something known as the sovereign citizen movement, whereby people self-proclaimed themselves to be a sovereign citizen. As one, the person would believe that he or she is above the laws, and will have creative reasons to break the laws—but of course, they don’t even see the laws as the laws.
You can say that they’re extremists, and they’re of course a problem in society, especially for law enforcers.
But is she referring to this sovereign?
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Or maybe she’s saying that she’s a “sohai” instead?
I hope it’s the latter. At least that’ll be funny.
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