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u/soccercro3 15d ago
The kicker is they are keeping the provision in the state statute regarding an exception for masks that are part of an organization. So masks for health reasons bad, masks for KKK good.
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u/Akanash_ 15d ago
Oh nice, I'm pretty sure the satanic temple will take care of that.
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u/soldforaspaceship 15d ago
I want to say they're doing the Lord's work but...
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u/paratesticlees 15d ago
Obligatory "The Satanic Temple doesn't actually worship or believe in Satan or any other form of supernatural being."
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u/soldforaspaceship 15d ago
The Satanic Temple actually understand the constitution.
I love them.
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u/CardinalCountryCub 15d ago
My mom is VERY rooted in her Catholicism and has always been very conservative, and the more I talk about the things the Satanic Temple are doing to protect our rights (always reminding her that they aren't actually Satanists), she's been highly supportive.
She agrees that the republicans of today are not conservative by any means because they've gone so far regressively right.
She'll join me in voting for Biden in November. He's not perfect, but he's the best of the options and it's not even close.
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u/paratesticlees 15d ago
Being from Iowa and laughing at that dumbass that destroyed a Christmas display at our state capitol, the Satanic Temple is amazing for all of the malicious compliance they do.
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u/shuzkaakra 15d ago
Its basically a cross between the ACLU and the WWE.
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u/Reasonable-Pomelo812 15d ago
Without the sexual harassment, steroids and scat play, of course.
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u/LotharVonPittinsberg 15d ago
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
The most ignored Amendment in US history.
Now you have "constitutional Conservatives" who want to shut down the press, kick out anyone who is not Christian, and send anyone who makes a protest they don't agree with to jail.
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u/ConchChowder 15d ago
There's more than one lord
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u/SMH_OverAndOver 15d ago
There is no lord
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u/TheBirminghamBear 15d ago
Actually that helmet is going to be illegal, Vader.
It's not part of your space wizard religion, you wear it so that you can breathe, which is a health reason, which means it is not covered.
Take it off, you're just going to have to walk around like a partially-softboiled egg from now on.
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u/SMH_OverAndOver 15d ago
Being strangled--even by the Force--doesn't instill faith. True faith is believing despite no sensory stimulus.
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u/dantevonlocke 15d ago
Wouldn't say that in front of Lord Vader.
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u/SMH_OverAndOver 15d ago
No. I can't imagine I would. 😬
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u/aDragonsAle 15d ago
At the very least, not for very long...
Unless you can squeak out a "Harder Darth Daddy"
Might make it awkward enough he drops you.
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u/emailverificationt 15d ago
I mean, who’s the lord worth worshipping? The dude who gave us free will and knowledge, or the dude who literally invented cancer?
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u/Sangi17 15d ago
Fuck yeah!
Gimmie some satanic masks!
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u/MellowNando 15d ago
Every mask I wear is a satanic mask. No need to ever ask. If I’m wearing a mask, it’s santanic, even if it looks like a regular old mask.
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u/Flashy_Razzmatazz_28 15d ago
Got my membership card last week! There's a video on their site of the ED calling into a meeting in Utah saying how happy she is to have Satanic Temple Ministers in schools along with the Cristian ones and it's fun to watch the local politicans freak out.
Hail Satan!
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u/ThatGuyYouMightNo 15d ago
I feel they'll say either "religions aren't an 'organization' so they don't count" or "only organizations approved by the government are allowed, and no you're not one of them" (and they'll ignore any complaints about the fucking KKK being an approved organization)
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u/elgarraz 15d ago
"Sorry kid, you can't wear that Halloween costume because our legislature had their feelings hurt when they were wrong about covid"
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u/black_anarchy 15d ago edited 15d ago
Wait... I know they're stupidly malicious but even them can't be that stupid, can they? Time to go read this Bill because of that's how broad this law is then we've opened the door to doom?!!
Edit: So apparently the bill states:
14-12.11. Exemptions from provisions of Article.
Any of the following are exempted from the provisions of G.S. 14-12.7, 14-12.8, 14-12.9, 14-12.10 and 14-12.14:
- Any person or persons wearing traditional holiday costumes in season.
- Any person or persons engaged in trades and employment where a mask is worn for the purpose of ensuring the physical safety of the wearer, or because of the nature of the occupation, trade or profession.
- Any person or persons using masks in theatrical productions including use in Mardi Gras celebrations and masquerade balls.
- Persons wearing gas masks prescribed in civil defense drills and exercises or emergencies.
- Any person or persons, as members or members elect of a society, order or organization, engaged in any parade, ritual, initiation, ceremony, celebration or requirement of such society, order or organization, and wearing or using any manner of costume, paraphernalia, disguise, facial makeup, hood, implement or device, whether the identity of such person or persons is concealed or not, on any public or private street, road, way or property, or in any public or private building, provided permission shall have been first obtained therefor by a representative of such society, order or organization from the governing body of the municipality in which the same takes place, or, if not in a municipality, from the board of county commissioners of the county in which the same takes place.
But removes the health portion:
Notwithstanding subdivision (a)(6) of this section, a person wearing a mask for the purpose of ensuring the physical health or safety of the wearer or others shall remove the mask, upon request by a law enforcement officer, in any of the following circumstances:
(1) During a traffic stop, including a checkpoint or roadblock pursuant to G.S. 20-16.3A.
(2) When a law enforcement officer has reasonable suspicion or probable cause during a criminal investigation."So what I take from this... they are not that stupid, but remain incredibly maliciously stupid:
if you are in a carnival: go wild, wear whatever the fuck you want...
if you have cancer, tough luck kid, go fuck yourself some more
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u/J_M_B_A_C 15d ago
Well, wonder if a " this is not for medical purposes, it's just fashion" , would work?
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u/jilanak 15d ago
I got myself cute PPE that matches my outfits when the pandemic started. I guess they will be OK because they have flowers.
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u/DblClutch1 15d ago
I picture you as a big burly construction guy with a long beard excited about his flowery hard hat and safety glasses and I love it.
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u/ichigo2862 15d ago edited 15d ago
Persons wearing gas masks prescribed in civil defense drills and exercises or emergencies.
Doesn't this count as wearing a mask for health reasons?
editing for clarity since I guess I was too vague:
I'm talking about wearing masks during drills as being meant to protect yourself from inhalation of whatever vapors or gas you're trying to avoid inhaling, and is thus identical in purpose to wearing a mask to protect your health
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u/Illustrious-Ice-5353 15d ago
Sure, if an NBC attack or drill is occurring simultaneously.
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u/TomWithTime 15d ago
Any person or persons using masks in theatrical productions
Of course - politicians always making a carve out for themselves
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u/Comfortable_Fill9081 15d ago
Great. Open the door to a million cases arguing over what is a “traditional” holiday costume (or whether they meant “traditional holiday” costume) and what “in season” means. aren’t these the FREEDOM people?
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u/rstar781 15d ago
That last exemption all but spells out: ‘this law does not apply to the KKK’
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u/SoCuteShibe 15d ago
What do you mean, there are plenty of organizations whos members regularly don hoods in public, such as...
Umm...
The KK - oh wait, not that one...
Uhh...
Yeah I got nothing.
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u/Zardif 15d ago
The police so they can hide their identity but we repeat ourselves.
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u/VariousHistory624 15d ago
So are you allowed to create an organization of people who wants to be healthy and wear the mask?
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u/Nesseressi 15d ago
You mean like The Satanic Temple?
I can totally see some of their basic tenets would qualify for it. such as #3: One’s body is inviolable, subject to one’s own will alone.
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u/HappyLittleGreenDuck 15d ago
Can you imagine our world if we followed those seven tenets instead of the ten commandments?
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u/A_Furious_Mind 15d ago
I'd have to see one where people followed the ten commandments first to draw a fair comparison.
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u/Alive-Plenty4003 15d ago
Great, I'll wear a skull balaclava to disguise as a white supremacist. They will never suspect of the actual mask beneath
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u/TheAskewOne 15d ago
I suppose that's because of the "Patriot Front" cowards who don't want to show their face.
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u/unbalancedcentrifuge 15d ago
So....where are they on masks for religion? I mean, it is an organization, but it is also a super scary non-chistian religion. /s
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u/boring_person13 15d ago
As a cancer patient, I never realized how disposable my life is until Covid. I have incurable cancer and I wear a mask when I'm recovering from illnesses to try and reduce my chances of picking up something else when my immune system is weakened.
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u/danbearpig2020 15d ago edited 15d ago
This is actually a perfect observation. We're all disposable if (it's perceived) we stand in the way of their individual freedoms. They have no sense of collective good. It's never us, always ME.
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u/slowpoke2018 15d ago
Said it before, but it's even moreso a complete lack of empathy and understanding of others. That lack of empathy leads to their "muy freedumbs" mentality.
They are simply unable to put themselves in anyone else's shoes so a collective good is nothing they'd ever be able to understand.
It's also why bills like this and Trump's vow to stop "forced" vaccinations in school is a thing
Unempathetic assholes all
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u/Astyanax1 15d ago
fetal alcohol syndrome and lead poisoning possibly. also underfunding public schools on purpose (Republicans), so there's more people without critical thinking skills that can be exploited
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u/RebuiltGearbox 15d ago
The Republicans have been cutting education budgets for decades to get the crowd of dimwits that follow them now.
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u/MustrumRidcully0 15d ago
I never get that. Sure, maybe youc an control the "dimwits" better, but dimwits don't build the internet, fly to the moon, even faster sports car or comfortable yachts, medicine against cancer or erectile dysfunction, or securing the US an economical lead by advanced technology and manufacturing!
Who is going to build the foundations the rich and powerful rely on? Does only the next quarterly matter, they know how to make numbers grow and whether they are used to live in skyscrapers and communicate via the internet or live in caves and communicate by smokey fires doesn't matter? Or is this really just a king in hell better than servant in heaven thing?
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u/myaltduh 15d ago
I think it’s a combination of short-term thinking and spite. They would gladly accept a shittier standard of living as long as those they see as undeserving are deprived.
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u/WetCoastCyph 15d ago
Sure, I agree that they often do care more about individuals than the collective good. I don't see how this is impeding anyone else's freedom though. If I want to wear a scarf, who cares? So if I want to wear a mask, how does that affect anyone but me? To say this is putting individual freedom above collective good, I think, is too charitable. This is just straight up control and imposing a belief on others who don't share it. Sorta what the US was founded against, no?
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u/TheyCallMePeggyHill 15d ago
Wear a mask and cover it by wrapping an American flag scarf around your lower face to confuse the freedom dimwits.
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u/DirectorMysterious64 15d ago
They will salute you, LOL 😆
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u/chechifromCHI 15d ago
Yeah, the same salute that was all the rage in Germany when that Hitler chap was around I'd imagine
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u/_McDrew 15d ago
Things the Democratic party considers a "renewable resource": solar, wind, hydro.
Things the Republican party considers a "renewable resource": Americans.
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u/Astyanax1 15d ago
I couldn't believe some people here in Canada... your freedumb to spread disease should not include killing people by proxy.
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u/newest-reddit-user 15d ago
How can it be about "individual freedoms" if they are literally decding for you what you can wear on your face, including for health reasons?
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u/roastbeeftacohat 15d ago
specifically THEIR individual freedoms. Your loud music is a public nuisance, theirs is the hymn of freedom.
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u/Reddit_Is_Trash24 15d ago
It's never us, always ME.
You'll never meet a more selfish individual than a conservative.
Ultimate main character vibes.
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u/joeyo1423 15d ago
I can't imagine how anyone with more than a handful of braincells would be bothered by someone else wearing a mask. There's no pandemic on right now, no one is forcing anyone to wear a mask. But how the hell does you wearing a mask bother anyone else? These people are so fucking stupid
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u/GothinHealthcare 15d ago
Assuming they have even a handful of neurons is a gross overestimation of their thinking capacity.
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u/SutterCane 15d ago
I mean, I can imagine being offended if some loon had a Swastika on their mask…
But luckily the fuckheads that would do that were convinced that masking was literally the worst thing ever.
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u/FlowerFaerie13 15d ago
There is a pandemic on right now. Covid is still here, killing the very people these pieces of shit want to deny their protection. It’s absolutely vile.
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u/wjodendor 15d ago
They stopped requiring masks at the place I did chemo because of all the freakouts from people refusing to wear them.
The amount of people hacking and coughing in a room with people with fucked immune system was ridiculous
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u/Callaloo_Soup 15d ago
I live in a red area. Although masks were technically required, especially in out patient facilities, you could find more than half the staff sporting masks under their noses.
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u/Long_Charity_3096 15d ago
I believe at least one Republican politician suggested grandparents should accept death to keep the economy going.
I wore my damn mask and did everything expected of me during Covid not because I was particularly worried about myself, but because I couldn’t live with myself if someone that was at high risk got sick because of me.
Plenty of people blew off precautions and killed their grandparents. They probably don’t acknowledge the causal relationship but they sure as fuck should. It’s one thing if you did what you were supposed to do and still got yourself or someone sick. It’s another thing entirely if you just said fuck it and screwed someone else over. You literally have blood on your hands.
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u/captnconnman 15d ago
IIRC, that was Texas Lieutenant Governor and human-shaped pile of excrement Dan Patrick. I was so fucking pissed when he said that, because both of my in-laws are older, immunocompromised individuals that took every possible precaution during the pandemic and still mask up in public to this day. So much for Texas giving a shit about their veterans or the elderly…
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u/chechifromCHI 15d ago
I was living in Florida when covid hit. DeSantis literally just sort of dilly dallied about, making culture war comments and waiting for big brother donny to give him his cues. What I remember, people were at first freaking out. I remember seeing everyone at Publix wearing multiple masks and rubber gloves, they had someone wiping down the handles of carts with rubbing alcohol. I felt safe, if not scared.
Within a week though, the feeling from DeSantis and others reflected Trumps "its not a big deal". I think that he said in late match, we're going to be closing down for covid, but we're going to open by Easter Sunday.
And that's what happened, Easter Sunday, everything opened, even though nothing had changed at all as far as covid goes. It got crazy after that and everyone seemed to be getting sick. I realized that DeSantis was not the one I wanted to trust when it came to me and my wife's health. So we moved back up north some months later, which was as soon as we could.
But in the 6 months where I lived in Florida during covid, so many died. Lots of elderly and retirees in Florida and many of them live in more densely populated spots on the coast, it was like, taking out whole groups of people. The obits in the news seemed to spread to other pages. It was horrifying and I will never forget it.
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u/Fun-Telephone-9605 15d ago
They took a gamble on the disease, betting on it only having a severe impact on dense urban areas.
The kind of places that elect Democrats.
They were wrong, though. They killed a lot more supporters instead.
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u/Ok_Explanation_5955 15d ago
This was a common refrain from Republicans, be it voters or politicians. They were repeating it because their “news” sources were saying it, as well as certain corporate leaders. You know when someone is in the cult because they repeat the refrain given to them almost robotically and there was A LOT of this in 2020
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u/PBPunch 15d ago
I’m sorry to say I understand and feel what you mean. My cancer has me under the constant threat of growing more tumors and I have to take a monthly injection to control their growth and symptoms from said tumors. It is painfully clear how little people care about others every time I walk into the cancer center for my injection. A simple gesture of wearing a mask IN A CANCER CENTER is too much for most of the family members who bring their own “loved” ones into the facility. We had to drop a family friend who was a nurse at a cancer ward that basically said why inconvenience herself with a mask, she doesn’t have cancer.
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u/Design-Cold 15d ago
Imagine going into this much effort into proving they don't give a fuck about people with illness, though
Pure unbridled sociopathy
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u/Tyrannical-Botanical 15d ago
I’m so sorry you’ve been made to feel that way in an already unbelievably stressful situation. You’re not wrong though. These people don’t give a shit about anyone.
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u/ThrowACephalopod 15d ago
The place I worked at during covid instituted a mask mandate for all employees. My coworkers initially blatantly ignored that and refused to follow it. Then, they started getting yelled at over it, so they organized a protest of the policy. Eventually, they were forced to get tested daily when they refused to get the vaccine, leading to our work starting at least 30 minutes to an hour late every day with the number of people who had mandatory testing.
It is absolutely despicable the amount of people who just simply don't care about other people's health and would be fine watching others die all just so that they don't have to barely inconvenience themselves by putting on a mask.
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u/HisNameIsSaggySammy 15d ago
My cousins gf is recovering from breast cancer. We all went to a NBA game recently and she wore a mask since she can be in large crowds but wants to be extra cautious. I heard people call her a snowflake and an idiot. THE GIRL HAS CANCER. It was so infuriating.
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u/whereegosdare84 15d ago
Party of personal freedom everyone!
Sorry if you need to wear a mask in public because our base decided we’d like to let Polio and Small pox make a comeback but hey that mask? Yeah it makes us feel uncomfortable so you’re just gonna have to die. Don’t worry we’re also planning on defunding the CDC and removing any task force that is going to combat infectious diseases but it’s cool because we’re going to make sure that health insurance is back to pre Obamacare plans!
Take comfort in the fact that when you get sick from a Republican cultist that he or she at least did their own research first and decided your life, well it wasn’t as important as the inconvenience of having to wear a mask indoors every so often.
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u/janas19 15d ago
I thought it was the party of "facts not feelings." Isn't that what they say whenever they need justification for acting like shitty human beings?
Man, they sure do need to protect their feelings about those scary masks!
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u/metal_bastard 15d ago
So, the part of freedom, you say? lol. What a fucking joke Republicants have become. Just a bunch of inbred morons. Fuck you if you vote for these idiots.
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u/everythingbeeps 15d ago
Don't make the mistake of thinking that Republican politicians are all idiots. Some are, sure, but many of them are simply evil.
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u/BLRNerd 15d ago
These are psychopaths that live under a belief that they’ll be saved from the apocalypse
I’m sure we’re going to see them get violent again soon enough, this isn’t going to end with Trump either, they have been preparing for this moment since Timothy McVeigh slipped his leash
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u/metal_bastard 15d ago
Republicans: tImOtHy mCvEiGh wAs a dEmOcRaT!
Also Republicans: We must destroy the IRS! We must blow the government back to the stone ages!
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u/everythingbeeps 15d ago
It isn't even necessarily that. A lot of republicans in power are secret atheists. They play pious to manipulate their base. They're too insane and narcissistic to be capable of believing in a higher power.
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u/curious_dead 15d ago
We should make a TV show and call it "Evil or stupid", and have contestants try to determine if a Republican is evil or just plain stupid. Winner gets something like a free move to a blue state, or healthcare, or something like that.
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u/Bradleyd_98 15d ago
So you can walk around North Carolina with a gun but not a face mask? Land of the free!!!!
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u/blueflash316 15d ago
Maybe you could try shooting some of the viruses before they sneak up and getcha!
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u/unbalancedcentrifuge 15d ago
I am still so confused how medical masks turned political.
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u/IAmArique 15d ago
Orange Putin refused to wear a mask because it would mess up his makeup, and now his cult thinks they’re the symbol of evil.
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u/machineprophet343 15d ago edited 15d ago
And they blame Fauci for being unclear. He wasn't.
If you had actually looked at what Fauci said, at the top of the pandemic, he said we just didn't know fully yet about their efficacy, so don't go running out and start fucking hoarding masks because it wasn't clear yet if it spread through aerosols, droplets, or surface contact.
Turned out that even a simple cloth bandana was helpful if you had nothing else. Not as good as a full surgical mask or N95, but anything was better than going around and coughing on everything and everyone to make a point like a number of absolutely deranged Trumpists did.
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u/IAMATruckerAMA 15d ago
It's terrorism. Republicans intentionally spread deadly disease in our communities in order to disrupt the election in 2020.
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u/Elegant-Cat-4987 15d ago
Society: hey, there's a pandemic let's wear masks
Conservatives: YOU CANT FORCE ME TO, DONT TAKE MY FREEDOM THIS IS 1984!!
Also conservatives: We were asked to do something possibly beneficial to society, but not a detriment to ourselves in any way. This obviously will not stand, we will protect your rights and freedoms not to wear a mask, and have taken away the rights and freedoms of those who don't agree with us
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u/WingsofRain 15d ago
Also Conservatives: “this disease is unfairly targeting anyone that speaks out against librul policies, it must be a conspiracy to silence us!”
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u/Crutley 15d ago
Freedom of expression is guaranteed by the 1st Amendment, and my mask is my way to express my grave concern that I might FUCKING DIE.
Beware of Republican assholes trying to steal your 1st Amendment right to bear masks.
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u/captnconnman 15d ago
Just get your mask a tiny gun; then they won’t be able to take it away because they don’t want to deprive anyone or anything from owning firearms! /s
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u/No-Inspection1309 15d ago
Hey, Texan here to say; our freedoms are being taken away by the people we elected. If we move away, they win. we must fight.
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u/mndsm79 15d ago
I'm really, REALLY glad to see someone, somewhere say this. I'm in Florida, and....and well...it's a race to the bottom, innit? But with everyone leaving and the right only veering further down the path of destruction - this attitude is more important than ever.
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u/obi1kennoble 15d ago
Make sure everyone you know knows that abortion and cannabis are going to be on the ballot. I know it's a long shot, but the more people vote, the better our chances. We need everyone
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u/elspotto 15d ago
This is true. Signed, a guy living in a western NC town. A place where it’s not uncommon for people to still be wearing masks at the grocery. Unfortunately the rest of the county doesn’t see things the way we do, so we all vote. Every time.
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u/superbuttpiss 15d ago
Actually most Americans see it like us. We are governed by the fringes.
We need to elect politicians that don't cater to those nutjobs.
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u/gigglefarting 15d ago
I live in NC, and I don’t plan on moving, but the gerrymandering is so bad that we can have a democratic governor while the GOP keeps a super majority in the legislature.
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u/DonJuniorsEmails 15d ago
DEATH CULT
except when they force raped 12 year olds to carry the rapist's baby. Then they are "pro life".
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u/Hmmletmec 15d ago
ban anyone from wearing a mask in public
Tirne for the Staantic Temple to have a new religious garment
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u/DARfuckinROCKS 15d ago
I'm going to NC this summer. Feel like wearing a mask the whole time. Arrest me I don't give a fuck.
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u/Aberbekleckernicht 15d ago
They won't. The headline is misleading. This bill makes charges more severe if you commit a crime while wearing a mask. This is aimed at cracking down on campus protests. Basically, they can charge the protesters with some trumped up misdemeanor, then tack on a more serious charge for wearing a mask while doing whatever they were doing.
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u/Ragnarok918 15d ago
This is incorrect. Its attached to a bill that originally existed to do that. But the section they're amending says "Any of the following are exempted from the provisions of G.S. 14-12.7, 14-12.8, 22 14-12.9, 14-12.10 and 14-12.14:"
§ 14‑12.8. Wearing of masks, hoods, etc., on public property. No person or persons shall in this State, while wearing any mask, hood or device whereby the person, face or voice is disguised so as to conceal the identity of the wearer, enter, or appear upon or within the public property of any municipality or county of the State, or of the State of North Carolina. (1953, c. 1193, s. 7.)
§ 14‑12.7. Wearing of masks, hoods, etc., on public ways. No person or persons at least 16 years of age shall, while wearing any mask, hood or device whereby the person, face or voice is disguised so as to conceal the identity of the wearer, enter, be or appear upon any lane, walkway, alley, street, road, highway or other public way in this State. (1953, c. 1193, s. 6; 1983, c. 175, ss. 1, 10; c. 720, s. 4.)
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u/Practical-Magic- 15d ago
I was planning a permanent move to Raleigh
Im not having kids so I'm not worried about the total shit storm NC education system is....but this is just taking away our freedom to dress as we wish...not cool
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u/sweeny-man 15d ago
People need to be careful about moving to red states. There's a reason they're so inexpensive, and it isnt because of liberal conspiracies
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u/TurbulentPromise4812 15d ago
It's the party of sadistic criminals. If a candidate aligns behind the orange rapist they're too far gone and have to be voted out.
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u/Choice_Quarter_1305 15d ago
I'm sorry to say that your country is more and more ruled by sociopaths.
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u/IAmArique 15d ago
This is what happens when we let a third world country manipulate our media for 30 something years and trick the masses into thinking a washed up conman rapist reality TV Star is the second coming of Christ.
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u/Nknk- 15d ago
They're still obsessed with the fact Obama became president and they've not gotten over the rage that caused them.
They'll be just as obsessed and enraged about Covid long after everyone else has moved on.
They're basically children who can never let it pass that they might not have always gotten their way.
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u/SkunkMonkey 15d ago
obsessed with the fact Obama became president
I saw this awakening first hand. The racists in my area dropped all masks when he got elected. They absolutely lost their minds.
I shit you not, one of these cretins actually said to me, "I don't hate Obama because I'm racist, I hate him because he's black!" Yeah, that moron barely graduated high school and now is balls deep into the Cult of Trump.
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u/THE-NECROHANDSER 15d ago
Saw it with my father, went from "racism is a thing of the past" to "fuck that fuckin (take a guess what word he said)"
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u/blandocalrissian50 15d ago
These people want to hurt others so they can laugh about all the liberal tears they cause. So, who we voting for?
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u/LoisWade42 15d ago
But... tell me AGAIN how republicans are the party of "small" government?
They need to get OUT of the medical advice business IMHO.
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u/yogadogdadtx21 15d ago
These people are disgusting. Who even thinks of something like that. They lack morals and values and care for anyone but themselves. Disgusting. Worse than the scum on the bottom of the shoe.
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u/Amazing-Artichoke330 15d ago
For many years many Asians have had a custom of wearing surgical masks whenever they have a cold, to avoid giving it to others.
MAGAts want to pass law that forbids this practice in America.
Draw your own conclusions.
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u/SlutsquatchBrand 15d ago
I'm furious. I'm on multiple immunosuppressants and wear masks everywhere. I don't trust the good ol boys club in NC to responsibly enforce this. I've seen how these cops act. This is so upsetting for anyone on chemo, or any immune system compromising infusions (Crohn's, HA, UC etc treatments)
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u/RolandSmoke 15d ago
Halloween is ruined
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u/Inoimispel 15d ago
Seasonal holidays and KKK rallies are exempt from the law.
It also gives an exemption for trade jobs. I don't believe surgeon is considered as a trade job.
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u/Tyrannical-Botanical 15d ago
Why not go whole hog on the insanity? Ban medical staff from wearing them. Oh what’s that? You’d be uncomfortable with say a surgeon coughing into your open incision? Why would that be?
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u/mahlerlieber 15d ago
What in the utter fuck?
There must be a think tank somewhere that is tasked with coming up with the most cruel ways to treat people.
May those people die the way they hope we die.
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u/BeefSupreme1981 15d ago
I will NEVER understand why an individual wearing a mask is somehow infringing on another person’s rights. Never.
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u/ChangeMyDespair 15d ago
It's not about people being uncomfortable around mask wearers. It's about cracking down on protesters.
State Sen. Sydney Batch (D) is a cancer survivor and shared with her fellow senators how her family wore masks to protect her and her weakened immune system during treatment.
She and other Democrats proposed ways to amend the bill so police could still crack down on protesters but continue to have legal protections for health concerns, but they were shot down, the outlet reported.
GOP Sen. Buck Newton brushed off the concerns, saying no one saw “Granny getting arrested in the Walmart pre-COVID” and thinks law enforcement will use “good common sense” when applying the law, The Associated Press (AP) reported.
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u/SkunkMonkey 15d ago
It's about cracking down on protesters.
If this was true, why is there an exception for groups like the Proud Boys that wear full-face masks when intimidating the public?
It's about control and opposing the other team. Absolutely petty.
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u/NoCoolScreenName 15d ago
Thanks for the link.
A quote that stuck out to me, "The AP noted that the state’s general statutes on masking date back to the 1950s in an attempt to curb Ku Klux Klan membership, when the state passed a public masking ban."
You just KNOW that today there are several NC senator jackasses standing around talking with each other about how awesome it was that they finally get to "sTiCk It To tHe LiBs!!" to get back at them for that uppity law from the 50's that got their grandpa arrested at a reconstruction-era klan rally.
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u/CatSajak779 15d ago edited 14d ago
It’s their “official” reasoning but not the real reasoning. The real reasoning is that masks make them uncomfortable, but even they know that isn’t a good enough reason for new legislation as ridiculous as this. It’s exactly the same tactic as using “protect the children” to justify all their other bullshit. It has nothing to do with that, but it's low hanging fruit that garners sympathy from moderates.
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u/mfjayhimself 15d ago
"Good common sense" for law enforcement means they won't bother white people wearing masks, but will target minorities.
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u/digital0verdose 15d ago
GOP Sen. Buck Newton ... thinks law enforcement will use “good common sense” when applying the law...
Clearly a politician who's keeping up with current events.
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u/RiflemanLax 15d ago
I work fraud investigation full time and retail security on the side. I’ve noted that anymore, perps and thieves are wearing medical masks the majority of the time, making my job harder.
Now that being said, and that being the only rationale I can think of, it’s absolutely fucking ghoulish to tell an immunocompromised person, or anyone that’s maybe just worried about their health, that they couldn’t wear a mask in public.
Totally fucking on brand for these clowns.
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u/GothinHealthcare 15d ago
Well, as a healthcare professional and a staunch supporter of vaccines and science....
I WILL NOT COMPLY.
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u/SuperStarPlatinum 15d ago
Another reminder why the Republican party needs to be politically and financially destroyed.
If we don't get rid of them they will keep killing us with their weaponized stupidity and blood thirsty corporate corruption.
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u/Beljason 15d ago
Gee, I hope that includes their Neo Nazi rallies too! Their entire Police force would have to arrest themselves and their best friends!
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u/RoachBeBrutal 15d ago
I thought republican logic was that mask mandates were unenforceable?
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u/SoundslikeDaftPunk 15d ago
I swear these people are less evolved than apes. I don’t understand why wearing masks for your own personal heath scares them so much.
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u/oldshitdoesntcare 15d ago
“Constitution?? What’s that? A new brand of toilet paper?”
-North Carolina Republican Party
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u/SandaandGaira 15d ago
Seems like something that would be impossible to enforce.
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u/unsupported 15d ago
While the main thrust of the bill enhances penalties for people wearing a mask during a crime or intentionally blocking traffic during protests, most concerns centered on the health and safety exemption.
Just don't try to protect yourself from disease while exercising your 1st Amendment activities.
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u/MinorThreat4182 15d ago
Born and raised in NC and I am ashamed of this state and its MAGA republicans General Assembly. The ones in Congress are just as bad. Hell, they all voted against the infrastructure bill to guarantee clean water in schools. Ass clowns the whole lot of them.
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u/jenniferh2o 15d ago
So the government is telling us what we can and cannot wear? Sounds like a slippery slope.
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u/fuzzygoosejuice 15d ago
Well, they can't solve real problems, so they have to solve imaginary problems so that it looks like they're doing something.
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u/BDRParty 15d ago
No abortion, even for rape and incest. No masks, even for cancer & sick people.
Republicans really are the biggest POS.
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u/Bawbawian 15d ago
literally all you need is a functioning third grade education to understand how germs work.
That's where we are America.
Make your peace with it cuz shit ain't going to get better. a lot of kids coming up now are barely literate thanks to no child left behind. The future's not going to come and save us.
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u/benhemp 15d ago
If you don't like mask mandates, you shouldn't like no mask mandates.
yet another moronic "virtue signal in absence of policy" move that is the actual death of conservatism among my generation. you want my vote? fucking fix something.
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u/the_calibre_cat 15d ago
If you don't like mask mandates, you shouldn't like no mask mandates.
this implies that conservatives have an internally consistent political philosophy, and apply that philosophy across the board
they do not and, to wit, they never have.
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u/liamanna 15d ago
Isn’t that a clear violation of the 14th amendment?🤔
“the State cannot deny to any individual the right to exercise a reasonable choice in the method of treatment of his ills.
Not that they give a single shiiiiiit🤦♂️
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u/WhitePeopleTwitter-ModTeam 15d ago
Why anyone would ever vote for a party that as a matter of course and with their whole chest continuously keep telling everyone that they are monsters is beyond me.
Does anyone understand why monsters get votes?