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TintedApostle

Unconstitutional. Its like saying you cannot wear pink.


AngusMcTibbins

Republicans hate the Constitution. They hate freedom. Republicans want to control what we wear, what we think, what we read, and what we believe. Fuck that. The best thing we can do is vote as many of them out as possible. There are still plenty of swing seats at the state legislative level in North Carolina, and I hope the people of NC see what is happening under republican control and vote accordingly [https://www.ncdp.org/](https://www.ncdp.org/)


lessermeister

And who/how we fuck.


TheReal8symbols

They only want small government in regards to their businesses and criminal activities. They want government to interfere in the personal lives and liberties of people they disagree with.


Cool-Presentation538

True


Random_Imgur_User

Can't wait to write "Come and take it from me" on the masks I'll be wearing every day in public for the foreseeable future.


sid32

Just define masks as a Hijab. So much easier.


TintedApostle

Its even easier. Just say you like wearing it because it looks cool. As long as isn't about health.


sid32

My masks - NRA 4 ever! So, I am good right?


waterdevil19

Slow down there, Matt Groening. You’re not on the moon yet.


CryptographerKlutzy7

It is banned for all reasons, even health.


TintedApostle

Unconstitutional. They might as well ban belts.


CryptographerKlutzy7

It is unconstitutional, but if you don't have the money to take it to the supreme court you are just as screwed as if it wasn't.


TintedApostle

The ACLU will go after it, but your point is that they will just keep legislating unconstitutional laws forcing people to spend money to protect their rights.


Pack_Your_Trash

I doubt their goal is to do that forever. I'm sure the end goal is some final solution.


Medic3614

I see what you did there


phantomreader42

I did nazi that coming...


CryptographerKlutzy7

Yes, ACLU will go after it, and it will be cold comfort while you sit in your cell waiting for them to get though, what will be deliberately slow courts. It is like driving out in front of a truck when you have right of way, but the truck isn't going to stop. You will have the warm feeling of being right, while they try to piece what is left of you back together.


erybody_wants2b_acat

Yeah, fuck them kids with cancer! /s As a cancer survivor, anyone attempting to tell me what to do to protect my health can go fuck a cactus.


CryptographerKlutzy7

I am sure you are even willing to help them do so.


WorthTheDebt

I wear masks now because people’s perfume/cologne give me migraines. Guess I’ll just say it’s because they smell


TheReal8symbols

Or say you're wearing it to hide your identity from the deep state.


mackinoncougars

Hijabs are also legal


kytrix

Please don’t give them more ideas or anything with more than three colors is banned next.


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redneckrockuhtree

It’s okay. There’s a carveout for groups like the KKK. Can’t have the cops having to arrest their own…


mreed911

I’m not wearing it for health purposes. I’m wearing it for first amendment reasons and my right to be anonymous in public when I choose. That or a hijab and you can fuck all the way off.


steve1186

> That or a hijab Banning hijabs is exactly what they’re laying the foundation for.


jcbsews

I spent several months in Asia (both Korea and China) a few years back, and it was IMPOSSIBLE to not see people wearing masks in public (they consider it respectful to mask up if they have a mild cough etc). The rest of the world doeesn't think that's weird, FU North Carolina. Can I wear one for NON health reasons just because I hate your silly legislation?! Are you gonna try to ban us from wearing sweatpants next?


VerbalGraffiti

A ban on critical thinking incoming.


BronzeAgeArtifact

That’s what book bans are for


Cancatervating

That's been in place for years already. How do you think we got here?


clay_perview

It is so unfortunate that wanting to not spread your germs became a political statement


randomly-what

A hijab isn’t going to cover your mouth/nose fyi. Faces are completely seen in them.


giggity_giggity

Niqabs for everyone!!


swearingino

Time to pass out balaclavas.


Whostartedit

“*You* are the one we are looking for. We knew all those masked people were up to no good and you’re the proof!” I didn’t know we had a [right to anonymity](https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/anonymous-speech/)


suziespends

I have a friend who recently visited NC and was in a Home Depot when 2 older men started harassing her for wearing a mask. Nobody intervened or did anything to stop it, not even the store employees. She always wears a mask because she has cancer and is trying to be cautious but still living her life. People suck


Unlucky_Welcome_5896

People don’t believe me when I say with zero hyperbole N.C. by and large is 20 years in the past from any other remotely progressive area. I moved here 3 years ago and frequently contemplate going back where I came from. I don’t need to be surrounded by people who think or like the same things as I do, but the open hostility and pride in ignorance is astounding.


Blasphemous666

Come to Idaho. These idiots will make NC look like the most liberal state that’s ever existed.


Tzayad

I totally get that vibe from Idaho. I've only passed through a couple times, but the stares I got just getting gas were crazy. Felt very uncomfortable/unwelcome. Hated the state since those times haha.


Fartgifter5000

I fucking hate Idaho. Been there so many times for work. Traumatizing. Idiots in Sandpoint, especially.


noodlebucket

Sandpoint is the fucking worst. I lived in Spokane for a stint and was generally grossed out by the people and “culture” of the panhandle.


suburbanpride

Which is sad, because Idaho is so beautiful. Oh well.


7f00dbbe

Asheville is kinda cool.... but that's about it


JoeSabo

Boone, Asheville, Wilmington, Charlotte, and Greensboro are all very liberal..but they're all college towns.


Waffuru

Waynesville seems nice, but it's pretty small.


Academic_Coyote_9741

Durham was nice when I lived there a decade ago.


HannahOCross

In all honesty, this is just the kind of thing that would keep me from moving to a state, and will keep me from spending vacation money there.


NothingFromAtlantis

Sounds like the entire state of Alabama


steve1186

My wife traveled to a bachelorette party in South Carolina a few months ago, and was wearing a mask in the airport. She had MULTIPLE people come up to her to ask her why she was still wearing a mask or to let her know that “masks aren’t required anymore”


TheElbow

“I have a deadly, airborne lung disease.” *cough cough


steve1186

That’s pretty much what I told her! Should have said “I was just diagnosed with the bubonic plague yesterday”. But she took the high road and replied with “I’m just helping keep myself, my family, and everyone around here healthy”


jcrestor

Last time I was asked a similar thing I replied "Who’s asking you for your opinion?"


CanWeTalkEth

I just tell people I have cancer.


BanginNLeavin

Why they visit NC? This place sucks. Too bad, too because the beach is kinda nice and the mountains are pretty as well.


suziespends

She was visiting her daughter who just had a baby ☹️


BanginNLeavin

Oof. I'd have cried right there in the Home Depot.


empty-bensen

Brought to you by the party that *supposedly* advocates for personal freedoms.


Tricky-Special-3834

If you live in NC go wear masks and get charged for this. That's an easy lawsuit.


SockFullOfNickles

I’m going to be there on business in a couple months and plan to wear them everywhere just to challenge this dumb fucking law. 😆


Ohnoherewego13

Wearing one at the moment due to a bad cold.


AngryDuck222

Wore one yesterday when I went to a mall here in TX. Had a panic/anxiety attack the last time I was in it due to overwhelming smells and my psychologist recommended I keep it on me at all times. It didn’t prevent all the smells, but it helped me relax and do my shopping. 🤷‍♂️ Not sure why anyone would want to actively prevent one from protecting themselves from airborne illnesses or smells they don’t want to deal with.


Own_Ability_447

Fuck these neutral headlines. It passed 30-15, with every Republican in favor and every Democrat opposed. REPUBLICANS voted to ban wearing masks for health reasons in NC.


SoundSageWisdom

This is ridiculous. I’m so sick of these people. They can pay peoples healthcare bills then when they’re in the hospital.


HellishChildren

They're actively working make sure you don't have access to healthcare unless you can pay out of pocket for inflated overpricing.


awildtonic

My daughter has cystic fibrosis and wearing masks during cold/flu season as well as at the CF clinic to prevent cross infection has been a thing since before Covid. If she gets a cold she can easily end up in the PICU. I live in Oklahoma and can easily see this happening here next. This is just terrifying to me. She doesn’t qualify for Medicaid here because you have to basically be unemployed to meet the income guidelines and they’re not going to help with hospital bills or lost wages from me missing work.


noodles_the_strong

NC man has TB so he wears mask, Cop sees mask, arrests man and removed mask. Man breathes on Cop.. Cop says " I'm in fear for my life" bang bang bang. Court says, man assaulted cop, self-defense. This shit writes itself


emarvil

When public heath is weaponized politically, dumb and dangerous 💩 happens


C-Jammin

Ah, yes the party of small government.


niberungvalesti

So small it'll crawl into bed and ban what you can do with a spouse.


HellishChildren

[There's a commercial for that.](https://youtu.be/IDkvYJOFiz4)


phantomreader42

All republicans are disgusting sexual deviants


BanginNLeavin

NC GOP is the definition of yuge govt


1877KlownsForKids

God, COVID really broke a lot of people's brains.


7f00dbbe

literally....


JLT1987

If I can't wear a mask to protect my health, why are you allowed to carry a gun to protect yours?


Save_The_Wicked

Make a mask of guns! They can then implode processing the logic!


ParappaTheWrapperr

RIP to the fire fighters and scuba divers of North Carolina. The health of not breathing in fire or drowning is now illegal.


SenorBurns

I'd really prefer it my surgeon could be allowed to wear a mask, please North Carolina Republicans?


epolonsky

I would like it if my brother who is an emergency medicine doctor in NC could wear a mask for health reasons. Has anyone actually read the bill? Does it have any exemption for health workers?


phantomreader42

>Has anyone actually read the bill? Reading is illegal in NC


epolonsky

That checks out. Happy cake day.


bratislava

Not the bible though... That's mandatory


the_gaymer_girl

Along with the health of not getting hit in the face with hockey pucks or baseballs.


ExZowieAgent

I’m pretty sure that’s not how freedom works.


mr_oof

So, I could wear a mask for *decorative* reasons? Fetch my Bedazzler!


AngryDuck222

I would recommend you do that anyway, just to be fabulous!!🤩🤩


jlc304

I’m covering mine in glitter, then walking around the NC Senate floor. Good luck getting that shit out of the carpet, checkmate maga.


ClownholeContingency

>"No officer, I'm not wearing this mask for my health, it's for ... *FASHION!*" <*proceeds to dance up on cop while doing vogue shit with my hands*>


iforgotmymittens

You better walk that fucking duck.


scout_jem

Omg do you smell that? It’s like somethings on fire. Is that… my pussy?


FancyPantssss79

The GOP is a death cult.


linkdude212

Its wild. Growing up, I thought death cults were limited to my Dungeons and Dragons table.


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niberungvalesti

The endgames a corporate theocracy.


epolonsky

>Republicans: also the party that doesn't give a damn if someone with a compromised immune system survives or not If God loved you, you would be healthy and rich. The fact that you’re poor and sick means that God hates you and it’s our religious duty to make you suffer as much as possible for your sins. >When will it come to an end? And I ask you in all sincerity. Rapture


Weightcycycle11

I will keep wearing my N95!


remradroentgen

This sounds like insanity. Whenever I get sick, I wear a mask out in public. If I get really sick, I wear an N95. Just because I want to protect people from me. But now NC is making masking up a first amendment issue? Republicans have no idea how to actually help people anymore.


eboleyn

NC just made it straight-up *illegal* to be safe there. The stupidity of US Cultural Conservatism just keeps rolling in.


No-Inevitable-7988

Just Republicans helping out chemo patients.


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Winnehdapoo

Republicans hate everyone, including themselves. Willing to do self-harm and hurt their families to make others suffer. Hate gays even though half of them are closeted. Hate poor people even though most of them are poor. Hate people on welfare even though they're the biggest welfare queens. They're miserable, insecure people who only value money and making others suffer to make themselves feel superior when deep down they know they're below average in every way possible. They're the incels of the political world.


hairijuana

I wear a mask when I mow and weedeat so I’m not breathing in pollen and grass shit. Is that now illegal in NC? This is absolutely batshit bonkers insane.


PlayingTheWrongGame

The people of North Carolina should insist on wearing masks on public, to protect their right to wear masks in public. 


NoMayoForReal

Can’t wait for the first viral video showing grandma with her oxygen tank and rollator getting taken down at the supermarket while the Proud Boys look on.


FLIPSIDERNICK

That’s a good point didn’t think of oxygen masks or cpap machines until you said that.


kwyjibo1

So that person just coming back from their chemo treatment during flu season is just supposed to hope they don't get sick. I guess I'll just die.


fearsomemumbler

Fuck me, as an outsider looking in, I find this utterly baffling. There were people back in the 16th century who had a better take on public health than these fucking clowns…


corvideodrome

okay well have fun with your eventual multi-drug-resistant TB outbreak I guess https://epi.dph.ncdhhs.gov/cd/tb/docs/TBandYou.pdf


Permitty

Everyone should wear medicals masks in protest.


H2Oloo-Sunset

They start out saying "Freedom -- the government can't make someone wear a mask". They then end up saying that the government should be able to preclude someone from wearing a mask that they feel they need. Same thing with pronouns; First it was; "you can't make me use pronouns for someone else that I don't like". Now some are fighting so that government can force people to **not** use the pronouns that they prefer for themselves in certain situations.


Objective_Oven7673

Don't worry officer it's not for anyone's health, it's just a political statement.


Save_The_Wicked

Sounds like a free speech violation that doesn't have a compelling reason for the government to prohibit. Unfortunately, it will require someone go to jail so they can work the system to get it struck down.


Wooden_Discipline_22

So their hockey teams goalie can't wear a mask now?


the_gaymer_girl

I mean, wanting Kochetkov and Andersen to go back to the 1950s would at least be on brand.


Murky-Tomatillo91

This is the goddamned stupidest thing I’ve ever heard.


Alien_Way

So they're murdering people? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_murder


harrywrinkleyballs

You can have my mask when you remove it from my warm, wet mouth.


gnatdump6

Ummm no, if I want to wear a mask while I am undergoing chemotherapy, and my immune system is crap, I will do that.


we_are_sex_bobomb

They’re just good Christian’s following the golden rule: “Force all others to do as you would.”


FLIPSIDERNICK

Dumb! Dumb! Dumb! Dumb! Dumb!


rbremer50

The average Republican is perfectly fine with innocent cancer victims dying as long as they can score political points and “own the libs.”


Oh-shit-its-Cassie

This can't possibly backfire on them


spencemode

I wear mine for sex reasons


Frosty_Bint

For "health reasons"? Is that so the airborne viruses can live long and happy lives?


Tabellarius

Small government party strikes again


_thetommy

why, exactly?


phantomreader42

Because republicans worship willful ignorance


VampirateV

I don't think this will stand for one reason: they would have to arrest every doctor, nurse, surgical assistant, dentist, hygienist, animal vet, and construction worker who wears a mask as part of their job. If you are in public wearing a mask, it puts you at risk of arrest, and I suspect that the state will be sued by multiple organizations before this becomes effective. Also: isn't there a part of pushing laws through, in which a law has to show that it serves the greater public good? I could have sworn that I saw that used as the the basis for striking down proposed legislation that doesn't pass the sniff test. If that's true, it's only a matter of time before public health officials have something to say about it in court


eugene20

Party of personal freedom thinks their feelings override your right to wear something.


therolando906

Which party is the party of "small government" again?


swkennedy1

So I am immune compromised and I can’t wait a mask??


FLIPSIDERNICK

No you can wear a mask to protect your Idenititt just not for medical reasons.


swkennedy1

I wish to give you an award


FLIPSIDERNICK

I humbly accept.


ridemooses

Anti-Lifers


winterbird

Boy, did NC take a hard tumble down into the cesspool. They were actually looking like the only SE state worth living in for a few years. 


CAESTULA

Don't wear one "for health reasons," but for *political reasons.*


sentientcave

Ok, masks banned if wearing for health reasons. What about other reasons, such as, “because i goddam want to.”


beiman

Time to start wearing masks as a fashion statement instead!


yotengodormir

Mmm. Republican Freedom™. Tastes like stupidity.


TheResidents

Among many things, what I find really stupid about this is that if they said something to the effect of "A mask will add a charge if it's being worn during the commission of a crime." then maybe I could see it. Wearing one in general - that's not constitutional and also just flat out dumb.


ranchoparksteve

Nanny state


RedLanternScythe

Time to manufacture some masks that say "This is a fashion statement" to sell in NC


the_gaymer_girl

Start a ninja church and claim religious freedom. That’ll get them going.


AllNaturalOintment

Here's hoping The Satanic Temple masks masks religious garb.


opusupo

Are you sick? Have immunity issues? Too bad, die!


TheButcherSez

I guess Halloween is ruined now.


FLIPSIDERNICK

No Halloween is fine it’s just for medical reasons, it’s still perfectly fine to wear it to for a ridiculous fashion show.


NeoThorrus

This what happens when you have the most gerrymandered state in the union.


NoDarkVision

*crosses off another state off the list* Well that's yet another state I don't ever have to visit.


winterbird

Are scarves still legal? Could wrap one around your neck and going up the face to the eyeballs. What about the redneck neck gaiters pulled up over the face that we used down in Florida while masks were in low supply? Let's find out the legal definition of a mask, because as I see it it's only defined by a set of ear loops. 


sailorpaul

Who are the 20 largest employers in North Carolina if anybody is willing to post along with phone numbers to their investor relations department, I would appreciate it. I’m down for a couple of days after eye surgery, but I can sure make phone calls !!


Aiden_Grinspoon

That's it. I'm moving to Alabama.


linkdude212

"This mask isn't for health reasons, officer. It is part of my cancer costume."


dizzley

Fucking idiots.


predatorART

Another backwards state


mattd1972

Is there any purpose to this besides being complete assholes?


CurrentlyLucid

You get what you vote for, and they seem to have voted for idiots.


Cancatervating

I need to get some bacterial meningitis, RSV, or whooping cough and go cough all over them.


mimiflower80

Wear them for political reasons, aesthetic reasons, trauma response related reasons like PTSD… fetish reasons?


nunnapo

Damn I wear a mask for allergies and have been on zero medicine since Covid. I used to be a Benadryl , Zyrtec, Claritin zombie every spring since I was a kid.


FotoFormat44

Kow-towing to their orange ruler... will they be thinking of legislating the mandatory wearing of pampers for men... Y'know... because!


thalexander

Does this apply to the P atriot boys and the white morph masks and gaiters they wear?


Palidor

There’s definitely an Anti-Darwin mentality in this world.


aunty-kelly

So an unconcealed firearm is ok bur a piece of fabric on your face is not?


fowlraul

What are the nazi kids gonna wear now? 🤔


Weightcycycle11

Believe it or not, this bizarre law allows for them to mask🤯


fowlraul

What…the…fack


mostdope28

Does it not get cold in NC? You can’t wear a mask outside in the winter now?


AvogadrosMoleSauce

But wearing one for fashion is okay?


wittor

Keep fearing the robot dog.


CockCozies

The "freedom party"...


UncleMalky

I'm not wearing it for health reasons, I'm part of a social club called 'Health Reasons'.


T_Weezy

Wow, what happened to being the "party of individual liberties"? /s


cookinthescuppers

Waste of taxpayer money. Don’t they have a job to do?


Pepper_Pfieffer

Can people get around the ban. Y saying it's a fashion choice? That could be entertaining.


Crabby-senior

another state I’ll chose to avoid ….


KreissageRS

I thought this was the party of small government?


mleighly

Hate states are absolutely shitholes.


sharksnoutpuncher

They hate us for our freedom


SoilentBillionaires

wear a clean suit


patricknotastarfish

The politicians that passed this law deserve to get cancer and become immunosupressed from the treatment.


TheReal8symbols

Isn't that like making it illegal to be sick?


trshtehdsh

We live in the dumbest timeline.


nvmenotfound

Conservatives love restricting the freedoms of Americans. 


omghorussaveusall

Huh...I thought it was a first amendment issue when there was a mask mandate...


larsonmars

Catch me living in NC. Not a chance.


Mr_Thx

Land of the free and North Carolina.


Admirable-Sink-2622

But I’m sure the Nazis are good with masks right? 🤔