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Long Island bill could mean jail time, $1,000 fines for face masks that hide identity
(www.nbcnewyork.com)
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Like it's one thing for people to not want to wear a mask. Fucking bonkers to make a law banning them. Are criminals gonna be like "shit guys, guess we can't crime any more"
Also, it's already a crime for people to steal shit and cause trouble. Even if they aren't wearing a mask, cops are unlikely to catch these people.
So glad she didn't get elected to higher office. She's as dumb as santos with a slightly less sketchy background. Looks like she's doing ehat she can to spread the dumb though.
It’s not intended for productive effect. It’s a way to identify people who aren’t loyal to the orders of the tribe, and get violent with them.
As it does for a lot of other things, “On Tyranny” by Tim Snyder breaks this down very very well. He talks about the power of symbols, Nazi pins and yellow stars and the “Trump” flag and things like that, in the growth of fascist movements, and the important often overlooked role they play in starting to shape the fabric of day-to-day ordinary people’s lives in obedience to the leader, and engaging ordinary people in enforcing it.
The thing with banning masks isn’t about improving society in any way; as you point out, it’s pure nonsense looked at in that light. It’s about identifying the ones who won’t get in line.