What if you are severely immuno-compromised during a pandemic? Just die, I suppose?
Better that than to hurt the feelings of someone who cares a whole lot about people wearing masks.
From reading the article, I get the impression that this bill is mostly about them wanting to be able to arrest protesters who wear masks to hide their identity.
Which is still really shitty, to be clear.
Them’s the small government folks for ya…
It’s so stupid. Like, if the protesters do something illegal (actually illegal that is) then even if they have a mask on you can arrest them and make them take it off for mugshots. Also medical masks don’t really cover enough of the face to prevent identification.
But then that wouldn’t be for health reasons, right?
Right, but any kind of “you can’t wear a mask in public” law is easily evaded if there’s a legal exception for wearing one for health reasons.
Or worse, what if you are a bit sick but need to go outside for a while? Just keep spreading the disease, I suppose?
This would be a clear violation of ones first amendment right. Say it’s your religion.
clears throat it’s your religion.
Ok, what’s the next step?
Banning masks is authoritarian fascist shit, especially masks that protect you from spreading contagious illnesses. Ridiculous, one year we’re all told we need to wear masks to protect one another, next year we’re told that it’s illegal? Fuck off government, fuck off.
These are the same people who argued that forcing people to wear masks is fascism.
You literally can’t make this shit up.
There are active KKK chapters in NC. There is also a Proud Boys presence here (they’re known to wear masks).
I wonder, will they be exempt from this? (I know the answer, of course. Republicans will protect their own.)
My exact thought: surely they’ll be prosecuted under this law, right? Right?
Some of those that work forces…
“For health reasons” - if that’s what they choose to enforce, well then… looks like every day just became Halloween.
“No officer, Im not wearing this Ronald Reagan mask for my health, I’m celebrating Halloween” “Yes, officer, in May”.
My little niece just turned 19. Weeks before her birthday, she was diagnosed with cancer and is currently going through chemo.
These people can go to hell if they think they can put her even more at risk because of whatever shitty agenda they’re pushing.
Party of freedom… fuck you, fucking fascists.
I’m severely immunocompromised. Let them try and get the mask off my face. I’d prefer to hit them with my cane, but in all honestly, it would be more effective to sue them on federal ADA violations.
Let them try … I’m a cancer survivor with a compromised immune system. They can fuck right off and I’ll be filing an ADA complaint.
Does that apply to surgeons?
They’re probably not considered “in public.”
Well shit, there goes my Outdoor Surgery business idea!
Is americ okay
my state used to be purple leaning blue…
Ahh… good times…
they’re over now
I’m in VA. For a bit it seems like we would be a future blue state. Now we have a porn ban and Marijuana legalization, which was passed by democrats, has been effectively stalled. Possession is legal, and you can grow a small amount for personal use, but our republican governor blocked the creation of a legal market.
Republicans can get fucked. I hope that this obvious not listening to their constituents costs them in the future, but I’m really not sure. People need to vote, and not just for president.
It won’t, they don’t stand for anything outside of “Libs Mad” so as long as “Libs Mad”, they’ll keep voting
Yeah, ok, good luck enforcing that
They will, they will make hundreds, maybe thousands of arrests knowing full well its unconstitutional. But it’ll take a year or two to work through courts at which point the courts will be completely controlled by Project 2025 magats.
Disagree. Even if this goes through, it reads more like a liability waiver: it’s power is more in the chilling effect vs. actual teeth in enforcement
Someone will just have to start a religion where masking in public is one of the purity rites for the devout. Better yet, join their religion first and schism another denomination off it due to the doctrinal demand for the ritual mask of purity. Then, they’ll have to acknowledge its “legitimacy.”
Oh you sweet summer child, freedom of religion is only for christians
Then make a branch of Christianity that involves mask wearing
It’s called the KKK
The KKK actually persecuted many branches of Christianity including Catholicism and Mormonism, and burned down black churches.
I thought that said NYC at first and was confused as it’s blue, but now it makes sense
Yes, shoot me for wearing an anti-allergy mask officer. I’m begging you.
I will live like a king siphoning off your retirement pension if you shoot me for keeping pollen out of my nose.Oh, you sweet summer child.
Cops can murder people in cold blood, on camera, and suffer absolutely no consequences.
No, you’re wrong.
They get a 2 week paid vacation. If they play their cards right, they can say they got PTSD and get to retire early with a pension and start over in another jurisdiction.
Don’t forget getting to keep the murder weapon despite having “PTSD” from murdering a guy.
Good luck suing a cop. The courts have consistently ruled that they can basically do what they like and you can’t sue them for shit.
https://www.ncsl.org/civil-and-criminal-justice/qualified-immunity
You know damn well police face no real consequences for their actions.
Would this include airplanes flying into NC? Like, if I have a layover in Charlotte and I’m only gonna be at the airport a few hours, I can’t wear a mask on the plane to Charlotte, or at the Charlotte airport? I know planes are owned by the airlines so they’re not “public”, but what about inside an airport?
I can only speak from an international perspective but I’ve taken a plane from Canada through USA a few years ago. During that time Canada had a mask mandate so all of us have to keep our mask on from the airport all the way to boarding. However, once the cabin door closes, apparently, that’s when American law kicks in. The mask mandate is lifted according to US law. Maybe US state laws work similarly?
This is more about arresting protestors
