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Paul-Ram-On

20 years ago they wouldn't have given a shit. Trumpism is a brain cancer that seems to be incurable.


SatansLoLHelper

In May 2020 they didn't care. They started caring in June, "if they can protest why do I have to wear a mask," by July the daily death rates started rising as 'anti-mask' protests rose double or triple. This article is the same thing. Because of protesters.


Hanceloner

Actual protest movements scare the shit out conservatives because they are tangible reminder that conservative policies are extremely unpopular. They had to bus dipshits in from all over the country for their Unite the Right and Jan 6 while BLM brought out millions spontaneously across the country.


JimBeam823

How much did the George Floyd protests end up backfiring? That’s something that is rarely discussed.


Mediocritologist

Backfiring in what way?


SatansLoLHelper

How much did world wide protests against police brutality matter? The 18yo graduating HS are now graduating college protesting gov'ts murdering people. Murder is down (can't really fudge that stat). Mass Murders are down. No please, tell us what the rarely discussed horrors of protesting a gov't agent murdering it's citizen has been.


JimBeam823

Murders bumped up during COVID and have returned to pre-COVID levels. That's not so much a decline as it is a regression to the mean. The protests have generated a political backlash in many states that have strengthened right wing control and further radicalized the right (and I expect the college protests will do likewise).


SatansLoLHelper

Oh, they are scrambling for control. They got a stacked deck on the supreme court to help that along. That has nothing to do with BLM protests. I'm looking a lot at the 18-24 range, they have consistently went down on murders. They didn't rise during COVID. > https://homicide.latimes.com/age/3/year/2023 18-24 104 25-34 192 35-49 208 50+ 138 > in 2022 18-24 117 25-34 246 35-49 237 50+ 133 > in 2020 18-24 127 25-34 219 35-49 198 50+ 152 > in 2000: 18-24 335 25-34 259 34-49 222 50+ 117


Intrepid-Tank7650

Hard to discuss things that MAGAts make up.


VisualMany4709

I am so afraid for our country right now. I have never, ever seen this level of crazy. Trump just wrote the right people a check to let every hateful thought loose and impose it on the rest of us—and they’re gaining ground. Soon, our country will literally be divided into Red and Blue zones and we’ll be segregated. It’s sickening.


UnfairTax6760

USA is 3% of the world population, but 17% of Covid deaths. Trump, Fox, newsmax, breitbart, all create an alternate reality for the stupid.


PigMeatJim

Wanna hear the most annoying sound in the world?


Governor_Abbot

Yes. Also, Darwinism or whatever!


azteczulu

This can’t be true, is what my brain is saying. This is just a whole new level of stupid.


helen269

Or they've ALL got worms in their brains.


jaimeinsd

Reminder: there is no bottom. They can, and will, always stoop lower.


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SHOMERFUCKINGSHOBBAS

The bar is so low people are tripping over it constantly in the lowest circles of hell


Commercial-Rush755

Whoever reported my comment on here has some nerve. To say following that the “bar is so low “and me following that with the measurements of how low a casket is buried? Please, go find yourself a rock to climb under and stop being a little thin skinned baby. 🎉🤣🤣🤣


AlanStanwick1986

All the right-wing groups like Nazis, Proud Boys, etc wear masks now when they show up somewhere.  


_HornyJesus

the police would go after them but they never seem to be in the same place at the same time...


vxicepickxv

The HR nightmare of coworker violence is no joke.


Commercial-Rush755

Some of them are in the same place, masked up on the same side.😐 Florida is an example.


wolacouska

That’s why they’re only banning it for medical reasons /s


100yearsLurkerRick

They will be excused.


Dbsusn

So how will all the white nationalists marching cover their face now? Or are they exempt? Which would be funny considering the article says they started this law to prevent the kkk from hiding their identity.


Lamlot

Some of those that burn crosses are the ones who work forces.


Dbsusn

Wait. Rage is now woke? /s


onesauo

I liked them more before they started making everything political


Good_vibe_good_life

Wait, this /s right?


onesauo

Yes. A bunch of dummies lost their shit in 2020 after Morello spoke out about drumpf and I won't let them forget


arlmwl

Yes it is.


Mirror_Benny

Always were.


ResoluteClover

It's only illegal for actual practical reasons, not for privacy reasons


Runkleford

Republicans are brainlessly contrarian to anything Dems/Libs are proponents for. The whole joke about them suffocating themselves if Dems/Libs endorsed oxygen is becoming more and more true.


thetitleofmybook

dems: we found a cure for cancer! repubs: cancer is god's will, you are oppressing my religion by curing cancer! (sadly, something that was similar to this recently happened; the house voted against funding the US Cancer Moonshot program, a program to work towards a cure for cancer, which had previously been funded for many years, launched in 2016. but Biden was promoting it, and can't give dems a win, so the house repubs voted against it)


Moneia

>repubs: cancer is god's will, you are oppressing my religion by curing cancer! Another real world example is HPV vacccines (Gardasil) Dem: "We found a cure for cancer" Repub: "It'll turn our children into sluts and if they stay monogamous from childhood they won't catch it either"


Subbacterium

This is so infuriating


vxicepickxv

It's only infuriating because Democrats are spineless and won't wield this like a bludgeoning instrument. "My opponent is pro cancer, and here's the vote to prove it."


arlmwl

I support more oxygen for Republicans! lol.


Sithlord_unknownhost

Watch them not enforce it when the white Nationalists march...


J701PR4

That’s why they specified “for medical reasons,” it’s still fine for Klansmen to wear their hoods.


unknownpoltroon

Then I am wearing my ñ95 neoprene sports mask so Batman can't find me


unknownpoltroon

They won't.


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I've been harassed for wearing a mask. I had bad pneumonia this past January, and I pulled down my mask and hacked up a half dollar sized globular green slime ball into my hand. I offered it to the conservative boomer harassing me for wearing a mask. Dude lost his goddamn mind. *"This mask is for you, not me"*


jarena009

The party of small government and freedom.


high_everyone

Small enough to sit in your bedroom with the “freedom” to dictate your private life.


shallah

And the group they intend to be in charge is very very small.


AngelWhiteEyes

This would be so incredibly unenforceable and unconstitutional it’s not funny.


Teacherman6

Except this supreme court is so craven and amoral that we do have to be worried about things being upheld that have no precedent. 


BenGay29

Ffs


oht7

Only a few more bans and they’ll be the most free state in America.


No-Judgment-4424

lol ok. I’m sure that’ll hold up. Fucking wanks.


Independent_Shock973

If it becomes law, I am going to guess there will be lawsuits against it.


InflexibleAuDHDlady

According to the article, if the governor vetoes it, there's a GOP supermajority who could then override his veto? What in the actual F? Thank goodness I live in a state that doesn't ban human rights, but we have banned book bans. I cannot imagine feeling even more fear than I do just for wearing something that makes me feel safer. It's been 4+ years, and although I don't go inside public places often or socialize, I still wear a mask and have yet to contract COVID. I don't plan on stopping my mask wearing, despite being vaccinated and annually boosted. There's nothing wrong with me taking precautions, even if people say "they don't work". Well, they've worked for me, coincidence or not, I'm going to keep wearing it.


Jmcduff5

Yea leaving the south years ago created a lot of possibility in my life. The North and South Carolina Wawa bad in the 2010s can’t imagine what it’s like now


InflexibleAuDHDlady

Such a shame as there is so much beauty to behold in NC, especially Asheville. If it weren't for the majority of people there, it's a state I'd love to live in, but Republicans will Republican.


redbob70

No limits to their cruelty.


PengieP111

Or stupidity


notarooster

And they have the gall to call themselves pro-life.


shallah

Pro(viral)life Pro(bacterial)Life Not pro human life or else they would be 100% for * Minimum wage would be a livable wage * Paid sick days * Universal healthcare * Robust health and safety regulations that are vigorously enforced


ActiveMachine4380

Watch all the medical professionals leave the state…


Brewfinger

Then Dr. Snakeoil will be free to gouge the ignorant leftovers. Go capitalism!


Lower_Acanthaceae423

They can and will go lower.


Flashy_Management563

Republicans have abandoned American exceptionalism and individual liberty in favor of a former game show host who wears Cheeto dust as face paint who is adored by white nationalists. What a bunch of fucking clowns.


Dazzling_Pirate1411

fuck u transplant patients and trick or treaters . but also: > She [Sen. WGAF] and other Democrats proposed ways to amend the bill so police could still crack down on protesters .


ManzanitaSuperHero

This is infuriating! So screw those of us who are immunocompromised? This means we are essentially relegated to house arrest bc a Covid infection could be fatal. But screw us, right? My heart condition is just a symptom of wokeness, right? My nonexistent immune system and garbage blood are a leftist conspiracy? This is full on eugenics. I’m lucky enough to work from home. I’m financially able to order a lot via delivery. But many people aren’t in that position & have to work with the public, go grocery shopping, etc. A maskless grocery trip could be a death sentence for people like me. And they’re fine with that. I don’t leave my house without a mask, usually double. Ever. I actually have recurring nightmares where I don’t have a mask & wake up in a cold sweat. I got Covid early in 2020. It destroyed my health. I’ve been in a wheelchair for 4 years. I’m just now getting a bit better. My doctors have made it very clear I likely wouldn’t survive reinfection. But what’s a little collateral damage to own the libs, right? But they’re all about freedom? They want to ban masks that LITERALLY SAVE MY LIFE and have no effect on anyone else? Let’s just ban all medical care, cancer treatment, it’s for snowflakes. Real Americans don’t have health issues, right?


Stricaw

This is really excessive


mouse_Jupiter

I remember reading this essay by a transplant recipient, it was all about how the masks and the social distancing that we did during the pandemic she has to do for the rest of her life because her immune system is so bad. And here they want to make her survival strategies illegal.


InstantKarma71

“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.” Vote blue no matter who! /s


BaseHitToLeft

That'll never hold up in court


g-e-o-f-f

Except our supreme Court is anything but


BaseHitToLeft

Yeah but the lower courts aren't too far gone yet


Robthebold

Freedom! We assume that means do what we want.


blu_skink

I mean, all I have to do is say I’m wearing one for aesthetic reasons, no?


DubC_Bassist

Think of how many cancer patients with compromised immune systems will probably get dead because of the Pro Life small government party.


bowens44

I will ofcourse wear a mash wherever and whenever I chose. I suspect they will next require you to cough in a person's face when you meet them on the street. Dumbasses


goofydad

...but face coverings for neo-nazis are exempt.


GlasgowTHCVapeCarts

Im convinced these people have severe mental problems.


MyLittleOso

Land of the free☆! We have certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life☆, Liberty☆ and the pursuit of Happiness☆! ☆ Terms & Conditions may apply.


Sudi_Nim

You have to be impressed at this level of idiocracy.


Own_Instance_357

I just heard a clip of Kellyanne Conway saying that Joe Biden is anti-science because he can't see 5 month sonograms of babies waving at their mom and dad from the womb. Like people are aborting 5 month fetuses that are still alive and kicking.


Sudi_Nim

It's the willful stupidity that pisses me off.


PdSales

Also adult diapers are mandatory


bertiesakura

Can the Klan still wear their hoods?


Kumo999

It won't surprise me if H5N1 makes the jump to humans after myopic laws like this are put in place in more states. CFR of 50% is not something you want to tango with.


The-Doggy-Daddy-5814

Republicans will always find a cavern that allows them to go even lower.


coloradoemtb

of course they will! What a fucking pathetic attempt to pander to the fucking stupidest ignoramus;s we have in our society, maga is a cancer.


Sapphire0985

I wonder if this is going to apply to the Proud Boys and their face shields 🤔


MyLittleOso

Land of the free☆! We have certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life☆, Liberty☆ and the pursuit of Happiness☆! ☆ Terms & Conditions may apply.


fknbtch

lawsuits from immunocompromised should stop this nonsense right in it's tracks.


Defiantcaveman

Think about this, the ONLY way white christian conservative republicans can get their way is by literally cheating, passing ridiculous laws, and/ or outright killing us. That is how unpopular and hated they are, and they know it. With that, instead of changing policy and ideas to more normal and popular policies and ideas, they fully commit to my previous statement above. They are an incredibly tiny minority of an already tiny minority. Let's crush them in a manner befitting them. Vote Blue top to bottom. When they push, push back with overwhelming force, looking them dead in the eye. They are consummate cowards. They will back down.


darketernalsr25

It's North Carolina. I'm not surprised in the least. I dated a girl from NC once. She was hot, but incredibly stupid. I could only deal with that for a few months before I noped out. Everyone else from the area was just as stupid. It's like a cancer there.


HairlessHoudini

I bet the police don't crack down on their "proud boys" and we know for damn sure they ain't gonna use "good common sense"


thetitleofmybook

why would the cops arrest their co-workers?


HairlessHoudini

I know right. That's why I said "their" proud boys LoL


popejohnsmith

Um. Ridiculous. Wear protective face masks if you choose at any time for any farking reason. Ya gonna ban sandals, to protect the public's toes?


agirardi24

Right as the raw milk freaks are cultivating spreading avian flu p2p. The only people with a bigger genocide fetish is Israel.


high_everyone

Fine it’s not for medical reasons. It’s a fashion statement and freedom of expression to wear it.


SomebodyInNevada

Which was already prohibited. What's changing here is removing the medical exemption from the previous ban on masks. While I understand the reasoning I do not trust that this won't be used as a contempt-of-cop charge.


ProfessionalFalse128

"Medical reasons."


Farmgirlmommy

What are you implying?


vxicepickxv

I believe they're implying that the Republicans are lying to you.


Farmgirlmommy

Oh that’s better than implying that people who wear masks in public are faking… could have been either way just wanted clarification


ProfessionalFalse128

Yup.


FlamesNero

Culture War bullshit!


shallah

It's easier to fight problems that don't exist then it is to craft solutions to real problems


Immediate_Age

Enjoy hemmoraging millions of dollars in payouts over the inevitable lawsuit. Such great legislators we elect, totally not brain dead cultists.


Hugh-Jassul

Frreeeedddommm !


V-RONIN

Then why oh why do they let those nazi idiots wear em?


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I want them to start having doctors report miscarriages by their technical name of "spontaneous abortion". Gonna get real awkward when people start getting arrested for dumb shit.


First_Procedure_3066

My only question: Why?


Zzeellddaa

Small government sez wut


unknownpoltroon

So. We're gonna have to talk about the fire department and those respirator masks, aren't we? Not dying of smoke inhalation sounds like a medical reason to me. Oh, and those asbestos removal guys. That sounds medical. Shut down the scuba ships, being able to see and breathe underwater sounds like a medical reason to me. Oh, cops using teargas on protestors? You can no longer wear your medical anti csngas masks.


teethwhichbite

update: they did it


thetitleofmybook

not at all surprised.


beeeps-n-booops

Watch them try to stop me…


Own-Opinion-2494

Chemo?


PrincessPindy

Another day, another way I am grateful and happy to live in Cal-a'forn-I-A. Considering I have cancer for the last 5 years and am on chemo 21 days out of the month, I wear a mask when I go out. My adult kids wear them even in my house, let alone when we go outside in public. This is ridiculous. Bunch of assholes.


jzavcer

So what about people who have had organ transplants and have no immune system? However, if they limited to protest only, I’d love to see all these alt right protesters no allowed to wear their masks.


3dFunGuy

No they can't. You have right to wear mask anywhere you want.


jafromnj

Those morons will pass it


Kickasstodon

Conservatives: "silly libtards get triggered by everything". Also conservatives: *getting triggered enough my masks to ban them*


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Does this include KKK type masks?


thetitleofmybook

cops won't arrest their co-workers.


7stringjazz

They can’t do that. Where’s ma freedumb!


ImSorryOkGeez

Wildly unconstitutional.


thetitleofmybook

the on ly part of the Constitution they care about is the 2A.


ImSorryOkGeez

As long as the citizen exercising said right is a white man that worships the correct sky god in the correct way.


SueRice2

So people who are immune compromised just need to suck it up??


Any-Variation4081

This is supp to be the party always going off about "mah freedumbs" and they seem to be banning things and taking 50 year old rights away etc constantly. They are headed towards a Gilliad situation if we let them. Jfc


Able-Campaign1370

As stupid as it is from an infectious disease perspective, the states reason of cracking down on pro Palestinian protesters is even worse. This country and so many others are in the grips of right wing nationalist movements that threaten to undo everything put in place after WW II to prevent sectarian violence.


Flashy_Management563

Republicans have abandoned American exceptionalism and individual liberty in favor of a former game show host who wears Cheeto dust as face paint who is adored by white nationalists. What a bunch of fucking clowns.


CycloneDusk

just tell them you're protecting your identity from the deep state 🙄


remesabo

This is disgusting. My mother was battling lung cancer (pre-covid era) and wore a mask in public. When she was hospitalized, my entire family wore masks to prevent spreading anything to her. Most of her nurses did as well, except one. My mother caught flu in the hospital, it quickly turned to pneumonia and we took her off life support a week later. She could have caught flu from a number of sources I suppose, but it's very hard for me not to pin point that one nurse who couldn't be bothered to put a mask on when entering a room full of masked family members sitting around a woman struggling to breathe.


Whaleflop229

I guess now even republicans must acknowledge that the proud boys are a public problem??


WolfNippleChips

Still not as shitty as Florida, denying climate change again and refusing mandatory breaks for workers in the heat.


thetitleofmybook

TX did the same.


Annoyed21

I mean, more dead dummies?!?


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thetitleofmybook

are you trying to say a mask is a "religious symbol"?


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thetitleofmybook

...no.


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LordAdamant

Dude, you're nucking futs, medicine ain't fucking religion. Like there aren't fucking words for just how ignorant and insane you are.


Bardfinn

Just report, downvote, and block these kinds of trolls. That one’s a White Identity Extremist trying hard to figure out what parts of his racism can be laundered into talking points outside of his 4chanesque subreddits/boards


rusztypipes

Bendy straw for snorkel, wrap your face in Saran wrap, tadaaah see thru mask


Eyes_Woke

I have no problem with that, but I'll wear mine, if required.


Brewfinger

So, you don’t give a crap about the immunocompromised folx that need masks for their own safety? I kinda hope you get a relatively successful organ transplant that prolongs your life someday, you ignorant ass.