I don't think masks are bad but I do think forcing people to wear them goes against human rights. If someone wants to wear a mask for their own protection that's fine, but they shouldn't shame someone else for their decision not to (happens all too often) just like the person not wearing the mask shouldn't shame the ones who decide to wear one.
for what it's worth, anecdotally i hear far more often from friends and others about people calling out mask-wearers in public for an excuse to shout about their, uh, personal research, but it probably depends a lot on where you are i guess
also yeah obviously mask mandates are a loss of a type of freedom, but there are lot of mundane cases where we give up that type of freedom. i'm required to wear glasses when i drive even if i were confident i could navigate without them, i'm required to wear a seatbelt, and i'd probably get kicked out of most stores if i showed up shirtless. it inhibits my personal freedom to take on the risk of bringing harm to myself, but it protects other people so i'm not allowed to do them. having mask mandates as a temporary means of curbing the spread of an uncontrolled pandemic made sense in that respect. it's cool that they're normalized now, cus i just wear one at this point if i don't feel like showin my face or if i think i might be sick with anything
