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18-year-old charged with violating mask law: ‘I didn’t even know it was a law. Nobody knew it was a law’.(www.wdbj7.com)

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OccamsRazer@lemmy.world
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Well, it looks like you can pull it up over your face. He just has it pulled down.

Edit: I’m not even defending mask laws. I don’t see how they could possibly be constitutional and disagree with them fundamentally. I just think this guy was clearly wearing something that covers his face. It’s a mask that he uses to cover his face.

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curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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So kind of like any T-shirt, sweatshirt, or a scarf?

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snooggums@midwest.social
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Or napkin, towel, and blanket!

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Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
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Would be real fun to see them twist themselves into pretzels banning all clothing that can cover a face without running afoul of their own pathological fear of human mammary glands 😂

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otp@sh.itjust.works
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I just think this guy was clearly wearing something that covers his face.

Oh no, somebody call the police /s

Oh wait, I guess they did. I guess he’s lucky he wasn’t shot…

(I didn’t downvote you, I assume you’re playing devil’s advocate or the like)

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OccamsRazer@lemmy.world
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A bunch of people were saying that it wasn’t even a mask, but it obviously is. His mom even said that he wears one to cover some scars he is embarrassed about. I was just pointing that out.

Also I don’t think mask wearing should be illegal. I think it’s a big government over reach. Maybe I’d be fine with an additional penalty for wearing a mask while committing a crime, or something like that, if you really wanted to go after masked people. No way you should be able to be arrested for that. I don’t think it would even hold up to court challenges as a viable law. I am confident that we will see these laws overturned.

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