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Banning masks means banning (a subset) of disabled people from public places without great risk to their health (lemmings.world)
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[โ€“] riskable@programming.dev 12 points 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

The problem is that law enforcement doesn't do nuance like that. You know full well they will tear masks right off of disabled/immunocompromised people's faces (probably wrecking the mask forever) and point to the law as an excuse.

There's no good reason to ban masks in general. The Healthcare CEO shooter wore a mask during the crime but the police still caught him.

[โ€“] Malfeasant@lemm.ee 4 points 4 days ago

but the police still caught him.

Allegedly...