North Carolina lawmakers push bill to ban most public mask wearing, citing crime
North Carolina lawmakers push bill to ban most public mask wearing, citing crime
Republican lawmakers in North Carolina are pushing forward with their plan to repeal a pandemic-era law that allowed the wearing of masks in public for health reasons, a move spurred in part by demonstrations against the war in Gaza that have included masked protesters camped out on college campuses
These fucks who claim to be all about personal freedom sure hate when people make choices about their own bodies.
"You don't tell me what to do. I tell you what to do."
-GQP
If they’re going to do it, do it for the police too. No masks, no helmets, no hats, no sunglasses, no face shields, no gas masks. Name and badge number prominently displayed.
For the protestors, claim that it’s a requirement of their strongly-held religious beliefs to wear a mask whenever protesting. Checkmate 😎
No more Halloween in North Carolina I guess.
Banning masks is exactly as constitutional as banning hats - fundamentally incompatible with the 1A.
Use their logic against them.
Banned firearms by citing crime with firearms.
"logic"
Isn't it already illegal to cover your face from above the nose downward in NC? I went there on a business trip a couple years before COVID, and wore a respirator while outside. A cop stopped me and told me that it's against statute to cover my face in public places. I explained to him that I'm not from there and pollen in that state, at least in Charlotte, was horrific. He was understanding, but highly recommend I find another way. I thanked him and we parted ways. I was leaving the next day, so I didn't find another way.
This article makes it sound that they're not going to make it illegal, since it already is, but are, instead, going to make it a higher crime if you commit one while wearing a mask. What I'm gathering, is basically "wear one if you want. But if you commit a misdemeanor while wearing one, it'll be a felony" (or however the scales increase). Did I misunderstand?
I was leaving the next day, so I didn’t find another way.
You did find another way - you left.
That's fair. I also haven't been back, but not because of him haha
Yeah Lemmy is just really left and uninformed, mask prohibitions have existed in almost every state way before covid (talking 17-1800s) for exactly this reason. And frankly, even in NYC, outside of say health settings, the only people I see wearing masks are those who are actively trying to not be identified, and sometimes it nothing like yourself but more than likely theres a reason they don’t want to be identified and its rarely good.
The article says NC mask bans are from 1953 to stop public displays by the KKK, but sure it's others that are uninformed, not you.
Oh look... a bootlicker.
I wear a respirator every time I leave the house. If COVID taught us anything, it is that people are more disgusting and less considerate than we had imagined. Meanwhile, COVID is still a thing, long COVID is still a thing, and it's progressive - every time you catch COVID the rates and the damage are worse.
I wore a mask to the store last weekend because I had to get something for my mom and had a pretty nasty sinus infection and didn't want other people to catch my cold. If I have to be in a crowded place I also wear a mask because other people aren't as considerate.
That's fucking awesome! All those people wearing masks made my pee pee hurt. Freedumb!
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The bill, which would raise penalties for someone who wears a mask while committing a crime, including arrested protesters, could still be altered as it heads back to the House.
But those backing the legislation say it is a needed response to the demonstrations, including those at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill that escalated to police clashes and arrests.
This strikethrough would return public masking rules to their pre-pandemic form, which were created in 1953 to address a different issue: limiting Ku Klux Klan activity in North Carolina, according to a 2012 book by Washington University in St. Louis sociology professor David Cunningham.
Democratic lawmakers repeated their unease about how removing protections for people who choose to mask for their health could put immunocompromised North Carolinians at risk of breaking the law.
Simone Hetherington, an immunocompromised person who spoke during Wednesday’s Senate Rules Committee, said masking is one of the only ways she can protect herself from illnesses and fears the law would prevent that practice.
But Republican legislators continued to express doubt that someone would get in legal trouble for masking because of health concerns, saying law enforcement and prosecutors would use discretion on whether to charge someone.
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Ah yes, "crime".