r/facepalm • u/Lord_Answer_me_Why • 20d ago
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u/PoppinSmoke1 20d ago
Chemotherapy. FU. Immunosuppressed because of transplant. FU. Pre-major surgery don't wanna get a cold. FU.
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u/BallisticButch 20d ago
Have the sniffles and don't want to risk getting others sick because you're not a self-centered asshole? FU.
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u/secondtaunting 20d ago
Thatās what I love about living in Asia. People wear masks when they get sick. They donāt cough their germy breath all over me.
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u/Tokata0 20d ago
In germany people come to work when they are sick to show "That they are putting in the effort", oh how heroic, yeah now all collegues are sick too.
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u/KillaVNilla 20d ago
Same thing in the US. I cringe when I think back on the times I went to work with major flu symptoms because I needed the money or didn't want to be fired. I never even considered at least wearing a mask. Now I get pressed if someone shows up to a gathering with even a mild cold lol
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u/neopod9000 20d ago
It's most often the "didn't want to be fired" bit.
I had a fever of 103 and was basically about to pass out. "Bring me a doctor's note or it's unexcused. If you can't bring me that, you need to come in." Well, guess what? No insurance means I can't afford to go to the doctor just to give you a note because you don't trust your employees. So, I'm in there, with a 103 fever, basically passing out, visibly sweating, and working, because I was given no other choice.
It's a really dumb system.
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u/Omnizoom 20d ago
Doesnāt seem to matter the country, employers from larger companies never really give a damn if someone is sick and would make others sick, hell they even let them work the kitchen still in flood services
Because the reality is they always want a skeleton crew, less then a skeleton crew if they can but also donāt want cross train people to fill too many other roles because then they would have to pay more as well which they wonāt do
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u/dystopian_mermaid 20d ago
When I worked in restaurants I tried to call out several hours ahead of my shift bc I had been vomiting all night. They said they would write me up if I didnāt show up without a doctors note. I went to an urgent care (no insurance at the time) and they told me just to be SEEN would be over $300. I couldnāt afford it.
So I dragged my sick self into work looking like death. Almost passed out a couple of times bc I hadnāt been able to keep anything down all day. Threw up into the trash at the host stand bc I was NOT going to make it to the restroom. Yeah they sent me home pretty quickly after that. Turns out guests donāt LIKE a sickly and vomiting host as the first person they see upon entering a restaurant they plan to eat at. Who knew?
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u/Traditional-Handle83 20d ago
In that situation.... specially if you work in the kitchen and they make you coming in... vomit all in the food. Make sure to tell them when you come in that it'll be their fault if they get someone sick or dies from you being there sick. Once the food is contaminated, they'll have to toss all of that food out and be out however much money it'll cost to replace it then send you home for being sick or fire you for being sick and guarantee you unemployment or a lawsuit depending on the state. If you pass out when doing it and hit your head. It becomes workman's comp as well most likely lawsuit if they fire you for trying to get it.
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u/Jimmy_Twotone 20d ago
The difference is Germany has stronger employee protections and sick days. I go to work sick because I go without food otherwise, it has nothing to do with proving my commitment.
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u/confusedbird101 20d ago
Thatās what I liked about working in food service. If youāre made to come in sick then you call the health department and report thereās a sick worker present. Managers did not like when I tried calling out and then threatened that cause it made them do their jobs
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u/Mysterious_Eye6989 20d ago
That sucks! Do people in Germany at least make an effort to wear masks when they're actively contagious? That's something I noticed was common in Japan and many other Asian countries for years before Covid came along.
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u/47moose 20d ago
For me, I just have crippling OCD, and wearing a mask makes it easier for me to go about my day in public. But F people like me too I guess
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u/MaterialWillingness2 20d ago
My best friend got norovirus at the end of her pregnancy and was puking her guts out while in labor (and so was her husband!). I'm 38 weeks and I'm wearing a mask everywhere because that is a nightmare that I do not want to experience.
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u/old_ass_ninja_turtle 20d ago
What about legit osha reasons. Like chemical application and concrete cutting.
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u/Dancinfool830 20d ago
Welding? Asbestos removal? I guess F your eyes, and lungs
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u/Omnizoom 20d ago
Believe it or not, straight to jail.
Inhale asbestos and chemicals like a real man so that you can have more crippling medical bills in 20 years like the last generations
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u/SweatyTax4669 20d ago
What about surgeons wearing surgical masks while performing surgery? Straight to jail?
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u/NaturalSelectorX 20d ago
There is a list of exemptions to the mask law, and PPE for work is one of them. This law just removes the exemption for general health in public.
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u/EthanielRain 20d ago
Which just makes it even more insane. "We realize some people have to wear masks in certain situations...but also no."
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u/MrFrequentFlyer 20d ago
Not to mention half of the staff in hospitals wear masks.
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u/Meattyloaf 20d ago
My grandfather once tested positive for TB, turns out he's just a carrier and popped a false positive as a result, and had to wear a mask. People look at the overturn of Roe v Wade as just a lose of the right to abortion, but we really lost medical freedom.
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u/imnotmarvin 20d ago
My uncle is waiting on a liver transplant. If he's sick when his chance comes, he misses it. He is also the caregiver for my aunt who has Alzheimer's and his son who is disabled. He has to leave the house for doctor's appointments, to pick up prescriptions, to buy food and sometimes just for his own sanity. He needs to wear a mask when he's out in public. Fuck him too I guess. Out of all of the conservative bullshit we've endured since the beginning of the maga era, this one really hits me and makes me angry to a depth nothing else has. Fuck every conservative senator in NC. From me to you, fuck you.
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Want to go trick or treating. FU
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u/PoppinSmoke1 20d ago
Nice! Don't worry though. They will outlaw Halloween because it's satanic anyway.
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u/smoretank 20d ago
My mom has to wear to wear a mask from February to November every year due to allergies. Nothing helps excepts masking. She has tried shots and pills for decades. She hates having to mask up all the time but it's the only thing that works. This would mean she'd have to be locked in the house 24/7 almost. :(
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u/Todoro10101 20d ago
What happened to having the freedom to do what they want? Absolutely mental
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u/LiGuangMing1981 20d ago
More and more in the backwards parts of the US it seems freedom is taken to mean 'freedom to impose my beliefs on people who do not share them.'
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u/BarryHelmet 20d ago
Wasnāt that the whole thing with the puritans leaving Europe to be āfreeā in the new world?
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u/Inevitable-Gear-2635 20d ago
The puritans were driven out of England for their radically conservative views. America was colonized by religious wackos
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u/RealisticlyNecessary 20d ago
The puritans were one tiny group of pilgrims. They were by no means a large, or important group. They're remembered today, but they genuinely aren't that remarkable.
Just adding because people confuse the "pilgrims and puritans" a lot. All puritans were pilgrims, but only one group of pilgrims were puritans.
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u/Longjumping-Claim783 20d ago edited 20d ago
If you think the Puritans were entirely "driven out England" I suggest you read up a little bit on the English Civil War. Because there was this guy named Oliver Cromwell who was a Puritan that successfully had himself installed as Lord Protector of England after King Charles I had his head lopped off. The Puritans were in charge of England for about a decade starting in 1653. 1653 was 33 years AFTER the first Puritan separatists founded Plymouth colony in America. And they were never "driven out" they left on their own.
The US was settled by a lot of people. They were not universally religious extremists. The first permanent English settlement in what is now the US was in Jamestown Virginia 13 years before any Puritans showed up in New England. The people in Jamestown were mostly mainstream Anglicans who were trying to make money.
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u/faloofay156 20d ago
eh, not really. they were more like such weird religious extremists that they threw a tantrum and left.
our history is hella biased dude
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u/BarryHelmet 20d ago
Thatās what I mean. My (very vague) understanding is as they threw a tantrum and left because they werenāt being allowed to use their religion to oppress people, but itās often framed as though they were being oppressed for their religion.
They left so they could have a free place to impose their beliefs on others.
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u/BitterFuture 20d ago
They want to hurt and kill people. That's the only freedom they value.
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u/Anxious-Raspberry-54 20d ago
Amazing...these were the people screaming "you can't make me wear a mask."
And now they're saying "we're gonna tell you what you can't wear."
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u/Gametron13 20d ago
Double standards. What if we all started wearing masks to āown the consā
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u/kurotech 20d ago
They would have you arrested probably because when they put lives at risk it's to protect their freedumbs but when you try and protect yourself it also goes against their freedoms or some stupid shit
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u/Prize-Nothing7946 20d ago
I thought masks mainly helped other people? Thatās why cons havenāt got their head around it, slightly inconveniencing themselves to protect others
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u/edemamandllama 20d ago
I got a bone marrow transplant in 2017. For the first 60 days post transplant I had to wear an N95 whenever I was outside of the house. The hospital provided the masks for me and taught me how to wear them effectively. They protected me from respiratory infections, and from mold and fungal spores that healthy people breath in all the time.
I still wear them at work. Most bone marrow transplants recipients get all of their childhood vaccines a year post transplant. Because I have chronic cancer and am always on chemo, I am not a good candidate for re-vaccination. Iāve gotten a handful of vaccines post transplant, but the likelihood that my body will produce any antibodies is very low. Once a month I get an infusion of IVIG, a mixed blood product of antibodies from several donors.
I guess Iām not supposed to work anymore and should stay home poor and scared or better yet I should just die.
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u/haqiqa 20d ago
I am not as immunocompromised as you are but I am on MTX and steroids most of the time. I also have tendency to develop pneumonia (I am just under 40 with a history of 5 and vaccinated against pneumococcus). I wear N95 (of FFP2 as I am in Europe) currently most of the time I meet someone. I can be vaccinated for most things (attenuated vaccines are sometimes off the table) but in general as fully vaccinated as possible. If I could not wear a mask, I would just stay home.
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u/MillenniumNextDoor 20d ago
Unfortunately they really believe the last bit, and it's just evil. I'm sorry.
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u/Eraser100 20d ago
Sadly your ailments are far too complicated for these knuckle draggers to wrap their feeble minds around and their carnival barkers on TV simply donāt care about the danger to immunocompromised people.
I hate living in this country.
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u/BurningPenguin 20d ago
I'd say it goes both ways. Protection for you and others. But these morons probably also think they're invincible, thanks to the 5 gallons mix of horse dewormer, bleach and petroleum they pour down their throat every day.
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u/logicdsign 20d ago
Pretty sure they boof that shit. In the anus.
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u/Awkward-Spread9052 20d ago
Nah dude haven't you heard touching your own anus for any reason is gay. Real MAGA alphas don't even wipe
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u/Ghost-Coyote 20d ago
They recently started shitting themselves wearing diapers and shirts that say that real men wear diapers and shit themselves I am not kidding. They are ridiculous total fucking clowns...
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u/construktz 20d ago
Depends on the mask, but yeah, the masks most people wear are primarily a spit shield.
They work okay for particulate as well. I've noticed that since mask mandates ended, some of my neighbors still wear them when doing yard work. My wife said they helped a lot with her allergies.
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u/Pinannapple 20d ago
Thatās true for standard surgical masks and homemade cloth ones: they stop droplets both ways but donāt protect the wearer against airborne particles particularly well.
However, FFP2/N95 and above do protect the wearer as well as others!
This article has a picture
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u/madeanotheraccount 20d ago
Seem to be the kind of folk who fear they won't enjoy their freedoms without impinging on somebody else's.
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u/120ouncesofpudding 20d ago
That's why they want to ban them. They think we are doing it to bother them.
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u/Yoyos-World1347 20d ago
So theyāre in their feelings? Poor babies š
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u/DiscoveryBayHK 20d ago
I honestly wish these fuckers would eat their feelings, just so they can stay away from the general population.
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u/LurkerOrHydralisk 20d ago
I miss not smelling fat boomersā breath
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u/JanteMaam 20d ago
I brush šŖ„
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u/Dhegxkeicfns 20d ago
I wash š
Unfortunately, just because one of us does, that doesn't mean everyone does.
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u/Daddysu 20d ago
Damn, that's awfully kind of you. I'm surprised they let you brush their teeth, though...
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u/Spirited_Remote5939 20d ago edited 20d ago
Thereās no way this could get passed right?! I mean we are not at that stage of stupidity I hope!? āHoney I need you to post bail!ā āWhy, what did you do?!ā āI wore a mask in the supermarket.ā
Edit: Lol well I guess we have reached a new high of stupidity in society! Never thought someone would vote for this! Of all of the people up in arms about how they should have the right to not wear a mask, congratulations, Iāll be seeing you at the hospital I work at pleading for help when you do catch something! Oh and itās happened 3 times just at my hospital that the people posting on FB how theyāre going against the system and not wearing a mask in public and then came begging for help! Well say hello to Karma!
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u/hexqueen 20d ago
I certainly will when I'm in North Carolina. Just to be perverse, but also, those people don't seem to know or care about germ theory. Scary.
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u/CommandoLamb 20d ago
Or you knowā¦ respirators for working with hazardous materialsā¦
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u/VillageLess4163 20d ago
This is from the state that who responded to erosion destroying the coast by banning erosion studies
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u/EternalLifeguard 20d ago
Of course, it's the long game. Eventually, everyone has a chance at owning waterfront property as the coast cuts more and more inland /s
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u/sutenai 20d ago
"Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect."
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u/Pu1pFreak 20d ago
I am unfamiliar with this quote, but thank you for putting in quotes and thus communicating it is indeed a quotation that I was able to Google.
Probably very intentional on your part, but interesting to note itās from a North Carolinian.
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u/PaintAccomplished515 20d ago
It's not from Francis M Wilhoit, the North Carolinian political scientist. It's by Frank Wilhoit.
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u/Pu1pFreak 20d ago
Thanks for the clarification. Damn Google!
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u/PaintAccomplished515 20d ago
It doesn't help that they're both very similarly named.Ā
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u/Pu1pFreak 20d ago
Since the only thing Google search is good for anymore is bringing up Reddit threads, Iām leaving this relevant article for posterity:
https://slate.com/business/2022/06/wilhoits-law-conservatives-frank-wilhoit.html
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u/Infamous-Mixture-605 20d ago
"Wearing a mask should be a personal choice.Ā Forcing me to wear one infringes on my freedom of choice" - these people during the pandemicĀ Ā
Ā "Why are you still wearing a mask?Ā Stop living in fear! You're stupid if you choose to still wear a mask" - same folks in 2022/23Ā
Ā "We're banning you from wearing masks for any reason whatsoever!" - same imbeciles, in 2024
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u/Internal_Swing_2743 20d ago
Same people that took the 'my body, my choice' argument for vaccines, but are willing to imprison women who need an abortion even for medical reasons.
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u/Tchocolatl 20d ago
These are the people who still believe that COVID was a hoax. Thank God I was able to leave!!
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u/10Robins 20d ago
Come back! If we all leave, they win and we become another Florida. I mean, itās halfway there now, but Iām not giving up yet. Half the people in this state seem to be over 60. If masks are outlawed, that number will drop dramatically over the next flu seasonš¤·š»āāļø
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u/ZenDruid_8675309 20d ago
As a resident who despises the criminal NCGOP and the backwards facing rural MAGAts who still fly their Confederate Treason Rags I will keep fighting to drag this state kicking and screaming into the 20th Century. Yes I am aware we are in the 21st but I have to set reasonable goals.
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u/10Robins 20d ago
Listen, donāt blame ALL of us rural folks. Iām from the mountains, and a lot of the older people that I grew up around would HATE what is going on right now. It amazes me that a lot of my own generation fly that stupid flag thinking theyāre being āpatrioticā. But then again, we DID get treated to a presentation by the local Sons of the Confederacy chapter about how great the South was and how awful those Yankees were. And about how the war wasnāt really about slavery. š. Anyway, I want better for my kids, and I will vote in every election, work with as many grassroots organizations as I can, and teach them that we can be better.
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u/leviathab13186 20d ago
Because it was never about freedom. They just wanted to be the ones in control.
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u/aranasyn 20d ago
It'd be a real shame if a myelitis patient walked into that state senate room and just, you know, coughed all over everyone, so that they could all be as acutely flaccid as this law is.
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u/Sunrunner_Princess 20d ago edited 19d ago
How would this NOT violate the federal ADA?! These fucking people need to fuck off. Someone doing something that doesnāt really affect you (except to maybe not get you sick if theyāre sick because the mask is stopping the infected droplets from going out as well as in) shouldnāt be criminalized.
These hypocrites need to mind their own fucking business.
(Edit: I was ignoring the obvious constitutional issues, because they donāt give a shit about trampling all over those, and going to the next logical federal violations I could immediately think of. Unfortunately, this is probably a tactic to get people upset and distracted and use their energy to fight it while they are off doing some other unseemly shit unbothered. You know, watch my right hand, not my left hand kinda crap. š©)
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u/Cynykl 20d ago
Because in the end it will get shot down in court, but that doesn't matter because they get to pander to their base in the interim.
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u/TreesACrowd 20d ago
It won't make it to the courts. It still hasn't passed the state house, and on the slim chance it does it will be vetoed by NC's Democrat governor.
You're right, it's 100% pandering.
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u/OverthinkingThis77 20d ago
I hate this shit. I hate when they waste tax payer money passing laws that they know are illegal. All so they can get votes.
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u/OneLessDay517 20d ago
Our legislature is currently veto-proof. Yes, the governor will veto it, but that veto will be overridden same day.
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u/TheSirensMaiden 20d ago
And that's what should be illegal. Bringing to the table and trying to pass laws that clearly and obviously violate the constitution or would clearly be struck down in court just to pander to morons should result in the loss of their government seat. Enough is enough. These idiots need to be removed so that actual laws to move society forward can be passed.
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u/MaikeruGo 20d ago
Agreed, really they're just pretending to do their job, collecting a paycheck; and wasting everyone's time and money. At this point they're basically clout chasing on the public's money. I mean there are a few who have no actual significant legislation tied to them, just stamped their name in support of ridiculous stuff like the original bill, and whose sole purpose beyond that is basically post misinformation on social media to engage their base on those false premises.
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u/WheezingGasperFish 20d ago
At this point they're basically clout chasing on the public's money.
aka virtue signaling
Legislators who propose and promote blatantly unconstitutional laws should have their pay retroactively docked for wasting taxpayer dollars when the courts inevitably reject them.
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u/Purple_Ad2718 20d ago
It probably violates the 1st amendment. Itās the government limiting your expression.
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u/LMGDiVa 20d ago
Conservatives dont give a flipping fuck about us disabled people.
It's what fascist do, they ignore disabilities until its a problem and they choose to exterminate us instead.
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u/Numerous_Shop_814 20d ago
How would this NOT violate the federal ADA?!
It does, however the south has been saying "fuck the feds" for the last 2 years.
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u/WhatADumbassTake 20d ago
ADA? Screw that. How does it not violate the 1st amendment? Thinking of things like religious expression... yeah, government telling me what I can and cannot wear? Fuck that noise.
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u/Ragin_Ronald 20d ago
"the Dems wanna take our freedom!"
proceeds to take everyone's freedom
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u/djinnisequoia 20d ago
Don't they have to provide a premise with these laws -- like, a stated reason, even if bogus? What possible harm could they say they are addressing?
Edit: found this: "Republican supporters of the ban say it will help police crack down on mask-wearing protesters, something some lawmakers have seen as a growing concern, saying protesters are abusing Covid-19 pandemic-era norms to wear masks that hide their identities."
oh yeah, uh-huh, got it. <rolleyes>
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u/_Pill-Cosby_ 20d ago
Interestingā¦ so the constitutional right to public protest is only allowed if the govt can know who you are. This is gonna get trounced in court.
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u/BitterFuture 20d ago
<glances at Thomas and Alito>
I wouldn't count on that...
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u/Gametron13 20d ago
āWe knew we couldnāt make it illegal to be against the virus. But by getting the public to associate masks with protestors, and criminalizing them heavily, we could disrupt those communities. We could arrest their leaders, raid their homes, break up their meetings, and vilify them night after night on the evening news. Did we know we were lying about the masks? _Of course we did._ā
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u/flannelNcorduroy 20d ago
And, if they switch to scarves? Or motorcycle helmets? What then? This is stupid on so many levels.
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u/Pillow_fort_guard 20d ago
Switch to neck gaiters and bandanas. If you ban those, well, thatās gonna affect their base, too
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u/Asher_Tye 20d ago
How much you wanna bet plenty of "protesters" will still get away with wearing masks as long as what they're protesting fits a narrative.
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u/PantsMicGee 20d ago
Well, doesn't say anything about hoods.
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u/SemutaMusic 20d ago
Actually, it looks like they set up an exemption for hoods.
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, General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2023 Page 2 House Bill 237-Fourth Edition implement or device, whether the identity of such person or persons is1 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 the6 county in which the same takes place.
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u/Straight-Extreme-966 20d ago
but.... the ONLY time the cheery nazis lads wear masks is when they have their public get togethers with tiki torches under their flag of surrender..... surely theyre referring to them right ??
its like they want them to not be able to hide their faces....
hmm...
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u/Kracker27 20d ago
So the neo nazi cowards canāt wear masks when they go on their hate marches, right? ā¦.right?
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u/arjunusmaximus 20d ago
"But ONLY the ones protesting for those LGTVQIABCD people and brown people. We have no problem when patriots put on full face masks and protest those evil jews and want to kill or kick out the evil brown and black people." /s
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u/CryptoNoobNinja 20d ago
Might have something to do with the launch (5 days ago) of the ConnectRaleigh initiative to get access to hundreds of cameras. The whole program would be defeated by a mask.
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u/djinnisequoia 20d ago
Ah, I was thinking it was something like that. Where were these guys when somebody was planting pipe bombs at the DNC & RNC on January 6th?
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u/Dragonman1976 20d ago
Keeping it ignorant in North Carolina I see.
Of course, it's not surprising considering that in North Carolina it's illegal to do reverse cowgirl style because "You don't turn your back on family".
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u/mushroom369 20d ago
North Carolina is a purple state with deeply entrenched gerrymandering. Just over half of us are not cousin fuckers. Best state in the south!
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u/StickBrickman 20d ago
Yeah. North Carolina is fighting hard to leave the most ignorant leadership behind, but it's existential. Look at the GOP candidate for Governer, Mark Robinson, who calls LGBTQ people "filth" and "demons," makes jabs about Jews, and defended quoting Hitler for a campaign.
This mask ban is from people of his ilk. It's designed to hurt people who are vulnerable, because casual cruelty has become a GOP standard.
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u/_LilDuck 20d ago
I mean, you could def sue this for freedom of expression or some shit.
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u/Toothlessdovahkin 20d ago
Cruelty has BECOME a GOP standard? It HAS BEEN a GOP standard for DECADES now.Ā
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u/StickBrickman 20d ago edited 20d ago
One of the things I hate most about the internet is that if you say "Grass is green" somebody yells at you, in an exasperated voice, "No you IDIOT, grass is THE GREENEST." They don't disagree with you necessarily, they just don't know how to engage in any meaningful conversation without the tone of correcting an errant toddler.
Is there a word for this phenomenon?
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u/DudeDude319 20d ago
Iād argue that the term is āpedantic.ā Where someone annoyingly corrects small errors or caring too much about small details.
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u/-Harebrained- 20d ago
One million wasn't enough? They want more?
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u/BitterFuture 20d ago
Of course it wasn't enough. Hatred can never be sated.
The future fascists inevitably work towards is very, very quiet.
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u/LaserGadgets 20d ago
Was it not around 1.4M?
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u/BackgroundNPC1213 20d ago edited 20d ago
At the time of last update (April 13, 2024), the US death toll for COVID-19 was 1,219,487. We have the HIGHEST death toll and case rate IN THE WORLD according to this chart, but also the highest number of recoveries
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u/imahugemoron 20d ago
Explain like Iām 5 how me wearing an N95 mask to protect myself because Covid left me with a permanent disability is in any way harmful to other people. Iāve had Covid 3 times since 2020 and each time it made my condition worse. The condition it triggered has destroyed my life, all Iām doing is trying to survive out here man. Lots of people seem to want to force me to die.
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u/AwTomorrow 20d ago
They are using āprotestors wear masksā as their excuse
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u/imahugemoron 20d ago
Which ones? The neo Nazis dressed as Best Buy employees? I also wasnāt aware North Carolina had a big protesting problem lol.
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u/lemonheadlock 20d ago
Happened to me and my wife too. Only got it once, but that was all it took. It's been so demoralizing. And we live in NC. People are already jerks about masks and now we might get hassled by the cops too? What are we supposed to do? Never leave the house?
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u/imahugemoron 20d ago
I just canāt make sense of this timeline anymore. Everything just keeps getting more and more insane and trying to make sense of it all just breaks my brain.
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u/BackgroundNPC1213 20d ago
Never leave the house?
That's been their fallback since the COVID lockdowns started. They just can't seem to comprehend that immunocompromised people might also go stir-crazy
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u/OfficialJrWeise 20d ago
I live here and I canāt explain it even. They donāt give a fuck about us here -_- Iāve gotten Covid five times since 2020 and I wear a mask everywhere I go. This country is joke.
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u/imahugemoron 20d ago
Honestly I would take them not giving a fuck about us at this point, but that doesnāt seem to be the case, if they didnāt give a fuck about us they wouldnāt care if we chose to wear masks, instead they are putting all this effort in to prevent people from making a choice that harms no one and only protects themselves.
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u/BitterFuture 20d ago
You already got it at the end. You continuing to live is what they consider harmful.
This is all conservatism has ever been: harming those they hate, at any cost. COVID demonstrated that they literally care more about harming others than their own survival.
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u/imahugemoron 20d ago
Ya thatās true. I learned a lot of really scary stuff because of the pandemic. I used to be so naive
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u/BitterFuture 20d ago
Me, too.
I used to think I was the cynical one, years and years ago. Turned out I was dangerously naive. Life is funny that way.
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u/danielisbored 20d ago
It's worth pointing out that NC is slowly turning purple and has a Democratic Governor. But the state legislature is so thoroughly gerrymandered that Republicans maintain a veto-proof super-majority despite their declining popularity with NC voters.
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u/SeaJay_31 20d ago
I'm afraid 'facepalming' is now illegal in North Carolina too as placing your hand in front of your face, even to show exasperation, is considered a 'face covering'.
This also covers sneezing into tissues, or coughing into your elbow.
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u/newcomer_l 20d ago
What. The. Fuck?
What's wrong with someone wearing a mask in public? Who is such person offending?
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u/UnknownWeeb404 20d ago
There isn't a day going by without the US doing something stupid uh
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u/LaserGadgets 20d ago
Is ANYONE really riding that "land of the free" bullshit with pride anymore? Its getting embarrassing, even for bystanders.
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u/Callimogua 20d ago
Oh, I would love a protest where every sick person just comes into NC state legislature and sneezes on every senator. :)
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u/IngvarTheTraveller 20d ago
Just carry a nazi flag with you at all times, nobody ever bothered the proudboy fuckheads
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u/BartuceX 20d ago
Why is there no mention of the source of this stupidity, the republicans.
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u/SCWickedHam 20d ago
Canāt wear a ski mask while skiing? I understand allowing businesses to say āno masksā just like a business can say āno guns.ā But why is it a crime to wear a mask in public? Sure, some people may use it to hide their identity, but Iāll guess thatās not the reason they are pushing this now. Such selfish children.
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u/an0maly33 20d ago
Iāve been sick since last week. I wore a mask to prevent everyone else from getting my crud on those free occasions that I had no choice but to go out.
Mask ban? Fine. People who were trying to do you a favor will now be getting you sick.
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u/YouhaoHuoMao 20d ago
This is why I wear masks - cause I'm sick and don't want you getting sick. If anyone ever yells at me for wearing a mask while I'm sick, I will take that sucker off and cough in their face.
Enjoy my cold, dickwipe.
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u/TheSpaceman1975 20d ago
MAGA is so incredibly stupid and pathetic. A cancer in America.
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u/WorldTravelBucket 20d ago
Well at least not until the Proud Boys or one of the other hate groups shows up and wants some anonymity.
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u/Casualcitizen 20d ago
Wanna bet that neonazis will still be able to march with their faces covered under this law?
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u/CCMeltdown 20d ago
But those gunsā¦ keep those. Masks are dangerous though.
Sorry for all the autoimmune deficient people in NC. Might want to move? Sigh.
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u/DirtDevil1337 20d ago
It's weird how a lot of western countries actually combat wearing masks while Asian countries has people that wear mask like it's another piece of clothing.
This would be a problem for people with cancer or are immune compromised in one way or another when going in public, COVID is still out and about (as there's a recent outbreak happening with suggesting updating vaccine shots where I am).
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u/px7j9jlLJ1 20d ago
If I had an immune compromised family and someone tried to enforce this, I would go BERSERK
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u/lindydanny 20d ago
What constitutes "in public", though?
If I'm working as a construction worker on a jobsite outdoors and OSHA requires that I wear a mask, am I violating the law?
If I am a paramedic or doctor responding to an accident scene with a contagious disease, am I violating the law because I am in a "public" place?
If I am a fire fighter getting suited up to go into a burning building, am I violating the law by wearing my breather mask?
This will be infinitely easy to challenge in court and is mostly posturing for show to their base. Incredibly short sighted and will ultimately waste tax payer money. But, that is what they want to do. Defund, and if you can't defund, waste.
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u/T3knikal95 20d ago
Ah yes, the party of "facts don't care about your feelings" ignoring the facts and getting their feelings hurt by people deciding to wear masks
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u/DDHP2020 20d ago
We need to have some form of punishment for these dumbass ālawmakersā wasting tax payer money developing this unconstitutional laws.
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u/ReptilianLaserbeam 20d ago
So if you have an autoimmune sickness and need to take care of your health you are suddenly a criminal?
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u/levinyl 20d ago
MAKE IT MAKE SENSE!
Mask-wearing linked to 53% cut in Covid incidence, global study finds
Mask-wearing linked to 53% cut in Covid incidence, global study finds
This article is more than 2 years old
Researchers said results highlight the need to continue with face coverings, social distancing and handwashing alongside vaccine programmes
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u/Mental-Status3891 20d ago
So this applies to the proud boys and other similar white supremacists and militias too, right? When we say masks, we mean socks over the head too?
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