https://twitter.com/APDillon_/status/1806077038375116955
Don’t worry though, they made sure to put some vague exemptions!🙄
Came across a comrade making some cool agitprop. Here’s their kofi.
Sorry for being dense, but where is the part about masks being banned? I’m not seeing it in the screenshot. Unless the title of this post is referring to the part where a LEO can require a person to remove their mask during a traffic stop, which is not the same thing as a ban.
EDIT: Okay, I see the problem now. Thanks to @D61@hexbear.net and @JoeByeThen@hexbear.net for helping me understand.
(1) Cops can now (or can go back to) assume(ing) that you are up to no good if you are wearing a mask and harass you, you may or may not be able to defend yourself if you happen to have a doctor’s note and the cop gives a shit. But fuck you if you’re preemptively masking for any personal or social health reason.
(2) Private places (businesses, hospitals, etc) can call the cops on you if they see you wearing a mask because, you know, if you’re wearing a mask you are up to no good. loop back to (1)
If you’ve done a crime (everything from speeding, missing a red light to murder) and are wearing a mask, it can increase the penalties.
This is a de facto ban.
This law rewrites a pre-covid mask ban that was previously created in response to union organizing. When they were taking the pandemic seriously, the mask ban was suspended from the law. What’s in the tweet are the vague and easily abused exceptions to the reinstatement of the ban. The Death Panel Podcast episode: “Unmasking Mobs and Criminals” (05/23/24) did a great breakdown of the law, the anti-labor history behind mask bans, and the bad faith arguments of the legislators while they were pushing this through.
Thank you. I now understand that we’re not talking about COVID masks, which threw me for a loop given the title of this community.
The measure added language that allows people to wear “medical or surgical grade masks” to prevent spreading illnesses. It also allows law enforcement and property owners to ask someone to temporarily remove their mask for identification.
“Basically, you can wear a mask for health and safety if you’re not planning on breaking the law,” said Gaston County Republican Rep. John Torbett, one of the bill’s sponsors.
You’re welcome. We’re still talking talking about covid masks though. I very much recommend listening to that podcast; Immunocompromised folks have been dealing with the discrimination and abuse of these mask bans for years even before covid.
I sentence you to as many listenings of The Death Panel Podcast’s episode titled “The Rise of Mask Bans” as necessary to understand why you should unask your question.
