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Katie Mack

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Mask bans are evil and dystopian and I am appalled that they’re even being proposed. Wearing masks to protect your health and the health of others needs to be recognized as a right for all and an absolutely essential protection for those who would otherwise be unable to participate in society

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kbees 🍉's avatar kbees 🍉 @beesnotbombs.bsky.social
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Fuck this is going to turn into something like trans rights where I gotta look at a map of where masks are legal before I even think about going anywhere

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Quaestor 🦇's avatar Quaestor 🦇 @quaestor.bsky.social
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wtf?

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Emily Essley's avatar Emily Essley @antimle.bsky.social
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I've been trying to figure out what the hell is going on with the recent enthusiasm for this, and my only thought is that everyone is government is in an absolute blind panic about November. (NOT THAT THAT EXCUSES ANY OF THIS!)

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Nosfe's avatar Nosfe @nosfeh.bsky.social
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a good example of structural violence

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Paylancer's avatar Paylancer @paylancer.bsky.social
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America - land of the free, they'll scream next Thursday, July 4. 🤮

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Rin/Mari's avatar Rin/Mari @rinm4ri.bsky.social
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love how the same people who said "I will not wear a mask - MY BODY MY CHOICE!!" in 2020-2021 are now forcing their choices on others it was never about bodily autonomy.

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Jake Cob's avatar Jake Cob @jakobpunkt.bsky.social
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This is such a deeply cynical and frankly terrifying overreach of state power. It genuinely makes my stomach clench to think about.

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Southern Violet's avatar Southern Violet @southernviolet.bsky.social
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Autoimmune disorder here so I literally can't go out in crowds without a mask. This is eugenics in action as well as dystopian and evil.

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Aka anothername's avatar Aka anothername @karenholland.bsky.social
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That would be me.

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Raelee May Carpenter, Capitalism's Folk Devil's avatar Raelee May Carpenter, Capitalism's Folk Devil @raeleemaycarpenter.bsky.social
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They are genociding disabled people, and it is absolutely 100% intentional.

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Rusty Ralston, the ðude. 🍉's avatar Rusty Ralston, the ðude. 🍉 @imrustyokay.bsky.social
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It seriously feels like they're trading government surveillance over public health...and it's also kind of racist if you think about it, cause before covid, most of the people who wore facemasks were Asian-Americans.

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Nicole Brookus's avatar Nicole Brookus @nbrookus.bsky.social
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Also those who care for elderly and uncompromised or are frequently around them, who might otherwise infect their patients. Mask bans basically tell the elderly and disabled to just go ahead and die.

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completely up to date with all the vaccines, almost 40, in relatively good health... and i still wear a mask when i go anywhere i'm going to be in line/congested with other people, because i see my grandma, in her 90s and refusing to get a booster shot, every couple weeks. it's for *her,* damnit.

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Matt Shipman (he/him)'s avatar Matt Shipman (he/him) @shiplives.bsky.social
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Agree 100%.

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Cadbury Creme Egg Enthusiast's avatar Cadbury Creme Egg Enthusiast @thx3188.bsky.social
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i'll bet it magically never applies to proud boys or nsc members in the ban areas

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Kristina Pistone's avatar Kristina Pistone @kristinapistone.bsky.social
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And In. the. SUBWAY. Meanwhile I’ve heard so many anecdotes of “that summer cold going around” because yes yes this is definitely a thing we’ve always had this time of year, isn’t it 🙃

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Lisa She | Her | They's avatar Lisa She | Her | They @chaucerandbeer.bsky.social
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I'm a full time care-giver for Mom. She's 100. I haven't left her apartment without a mask since early 2020, before the official lockdowns, because she is that vulnerable. She remembers people dying from influenza, diptheria, small pox, whooping cough and measles.

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Babe&Oak's avatar Babe&Oak @babeandoak.bsky.social
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The fact that people can argue this blows my mind - then again the fact that nobody apparently washes their hands EVER also blows my mind

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Matthias Raccoon's avatar Matthias Raccoon @mattyraccy.bsky.social
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Masks bans are nothing but an incompetent government trying to cover up their incompetence.

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BlazeWarriorWolf/Swiftdrawer/Fireking492 ⚔️@COVIDaware they/them's avatar BlazeWarriorWolf/Swiftdrawer/Fireking492 ⚔️@COVIDaware they/them @blazewarriorwolf.bsky.social
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If this adds anything, it can also be said that mask bans are like enforcing and creating a dress code that people are forced to follow.

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Skull ying undead's avatar Skull ying undead @irregularnev.bsky.social
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Idiot should not wear masks and that's good because Darwin. But ban to everyone is pure idiotic and need some bricks fly.

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Andrew S. 🇪🇺 💙 🇺🇦 🌈's avatar Andrew S. 🇪🇺 💙 🇺🇦 🌈 @parallax2112.bsky.social
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Defying mask bans would be a hill I'd be willing to die on. A lunatic infringement of civil liberties and a public health disaster. I got extremely sweary with a bunch of youths on a bus in London who took the piss out of me wearing my mask.

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robin's avatar robin @robinprints.bsky.social
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also, you should be able to just wear them for privacy or aesthetic purposes. It's literally YOUR face. all the justifications are security culture related and those are bad even without the health aspect

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Tomasz Galkowski's avatar Tomasz Galkowski @tkg.codes
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Land of the free.

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Mara's avatar Mara @maranovak.bsky.social
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Lying in bed having just gotten my first ever case of Covid. And hearing about a lot of new cases. Masks are necessary!

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As A Dog-man ☭'s avatar As A Dog-man ☭ @scooterdavis.bsky.social
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I recommend we all mask up if they pass it until they rescind it

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Widgett Walls's avatar Widgett Walls @widgett.bsky.social
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People have decided that the pandemic is over and mask wearing makes them think they might be wrong…and that makes them uncomfortable. And gods forbid the majority of folks feel uncomfortable.

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Orla McCool's avatar Orla McCool @orlamccool.bsky.social
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What's next? Banning vaccines? This is tiring.

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Beth's avatar Beth @thisbethlife.bsky.social
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I’m really stumped. It can’t ONLY be bc of facial recognition crap, can it? We are a cruel society so often.

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It’s hilarious to me that there are parts of the world that legitimately wore masks even before COVID for good ass reasons and now here we are I guess

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Katie Mack's avatar Katie Mack @astrokatie.com
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Even for those who currently have no medical vulnerabilities, or who don’t mask regularly, wearing a mask should be as simple as using an umbrella when it rains or a bandage when you’re bleeding. You can protect yourself from flu season or smoke, or others from your cold. Easy, practical, courteous.

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Sebastian Peitsch's avatar Sebastian Peitsch @speitsch.bsky.social
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Masks are banned in Germany AT PROTESTS as well. At the same time cops are forced to wear their names and badge numbers The goal is to find and identify those who are violent The way this is being talked about is just weird to me

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Gizmo the Yipster's avatar Gizmo the Yipster @spacedoutkoblet.bsky.social
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welcome to north carolina, where every law that's passed is pretty much a personal attack on society

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Mitchie's Mom@marianherra.bsky.social's avatar Mitchie's Mom@marianherra.bsky.social @marianherra.bsky.social
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When I'm sick, I wear my mask to protect others. Banning masks is stupid and ridiculous.

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Silent in Flames's avatar Silent in Flames @silentinflames.bsky.social
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Amazing how it is usually those who go on about FrEeDOm and PrO LiVe all the time will take away all other people's freedoms including especially that protecting their lives.

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