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Xatolos@reddthat.com to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

It could soon be illegal to publicly wear a mask for health reasons in NC

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It could soon be illegal to publicly wear a mask for health reasons in NC

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Xatolos@reddthat.com to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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Senators skeptical of legal trouble for harmless masking after moving to make it illegal.
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    There are active KKK chapters in NC. There is also a Proud Boys presence here (they’re known to wear masks).

    I wonder, will they be exempt from this? (I know the answer, of course. Republicans will protect their own.)

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      This was actually discussed. The bill makes an exception for “members of a secret society demonstrating in public” as long as they get a permit from the police first.

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        Of course. Good thing those that work forces and those that burn crosses are two entirely different groups and totally do not overlap.

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          I was going to make a remark about how getting a permit must be really convenient, since you don’t even need to leave the office.

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        That is a weirdly specific phrasing

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        Do you have a source for this? I really wanted to make some snarky posts pointing this out, but couldn’t find mention of it in the summary of changes proposed by the bill:

        https://webservices.ncleg.gov/ViewDocSiteFile/87480

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          It’s on the first page of the bill and runs into the second page if you open the full document.

          https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2023/H0237

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      “You boys better not have no n95s under them hoods?”

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      My exact thought: surely they’ll be prosecuted under this law, right? Right?

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        Some of those that work forces…

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