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It could soon be illegal to publicly wear a mask for health reasons in North Carolina
(arstechnica.com)
this post was submitted on 16 May 2024
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What a stupid fucking rule, guess immunocompromised people are just supposed to die?
In the article it says that immunocompromised people spoke during the public comments on the bill and Republican senators said that the bill would criminalize their wearing masks but they just won't be prosecuted for it.
So the law would demand it, but the "trust me bro, I got yo back" defense says to ignore what the law actually says?
Okay, I think I will.:-P
Pretty sure a SCOTUS justice said that they can't trust prosecutors to not do this just a month ago.
Yeah, that's just simply not how laws work... and even if they did, for a time, people could forget and prosecute later, bc that's what the law says to do.
I think I missed that one. Got a case name for it?
Trump v. United States
https://archive.org/details/CSPAN_20240428_171000_Supreme_Court_Hears_Case_on_Fmr._Pres._Trumps_Immunity_Claim/start/3960/end/4020
https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/argument_transcripts/2023/23-939_f2qg.pdf
What a fucking incoherent word salad.
GPT 2.5
So instead of just having cancer, you’ll have cancer and be a criminal.
That's a much smoother way to become a criminal than by committing an actual crime, kinda convenient.
AKA you'll be removed from the voter pool of you wear it.
Translation: don't worry about it if you are a cishet white Christian.
Sounds like Florida's law about Mexicans, and then poof, all the Mexicans left Florida.
If they die, there will be no additional fee.
If God loved them, he wouldn't have assembled them all jacked up!
They're fascists, so unironically yes.
This is how you sue dumbasses who pass this law