re: Anti-masking [redacted] woman is arrested for not complying with stores mask requirement

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Unless you don't think mask mandates are a problem, that is.

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It's less about the government mandate and more about the private business policy.

If the store wants to liken it to "no shirt, no shoes, no service" that is their prerogative.

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I understand, but their rights don't exist in a vacuum, and their stores are where I meet the government's mandate.

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They are choosing to enforce those mandates and thus control their private property in a certain manner.

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They require masks because the government tells them to, so the individual store mandate is just a part of the overall scheme that I want to resist.

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And in doing so you only harm the store, not the government mandate.

Your short-sightedness is staggering.

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The mask isn't for you, science denier. It's for every one else.

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I get that, but until there is proof that a fully vaccinated person can still transmit the virus to someone else I no longer plan on wearing one. As of now, at least in their controlled studies, that proof isn't there. I'm not going to cause a scene in public over it, I'll just simply say ok and go somewhere else.

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They are choosing to enforce those mandates and thus control their private property in a certain manner.

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It's not a free choice. It's a matter of maintaining their ability to do business, so they don't really have a choice.

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And in doing so you only harm the store

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Tell me how I'm harming the store. They aren't facing any penalties from the government where I am, as long as they say they are enforcing the mandate.

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Your short-sightedness is staggering.

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Short-sighted to me would be what I perceive you to be doing. Complying with the store policies because they have rights, even though, in so doing, you are playing along with government mandates that have decreased everyone's rights and showing the government that people will comply with future mandates. Short-sighted is exactly the accusation I would level at that behavior.

What about my position is short-sighted?

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If a grocery store has a mask policy, you either wear a mask or go somewhere else, regardless of how you feel about mask policies.

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If you have a problem with mask mandates but you offer no resistance to them, what does that make you?

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Isn't going somewhere else offering resistance to them? After all, you're going to spend money with a store that has a policy you agree with rather than one you don't agree with.

You don't have to be an a-hole because you disagree with whether a store enforces a mask mandate. I haven't worn a mask in months, and only had one place say something. I told them I would spend my money elsewhere and left, a big scene isn't necessary.

One only needs to say “I don’t have a mask because I can’t afford one, that’s why I’m shopping here at Walmart.” That doesn’t work?

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I’ve been wearing a mask since probably last May inside stores, maybe April. I went in Walmart without one yesterday and told I couldn’t come in, I said ok and left.

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Not true they can’t force you to wear a mask. Can’t ask you why you’re not wearing a mask. I know for a fact this is correct so either you did do this or else you just decided not to go in.

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Simple to just wear it around the chin. Abide by store policy and piss off mask nazi’s

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Unless you are at Costco - then they tell you to put it over your nose and mouth

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or else you just decided not to go in.

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Did the part where he said ok and left clue you in to this?

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Sure, if you want to be part of the problem. Unless you don't think mask mandates are a problem, that is. In that case, carry on.
If you have a problem with mask mandates but you offer no resistance to them, what does that make you?

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Do you think its a problem that stores have a "no shoes, no shirt, no service" policy?

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If you have a problem with mask mandates but you offer no resistance to them, what does that make you?

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What point does one make by being resistant to mask mandates?

Lets say you have a grocery store that is 2 mins from you.. The second closes is a 20 mins drive. The one closes to you requires you to wear a mask, the second closes does not. Would you go to the one that is 20 mins away just so you don't have to put on a mask?