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Hochul weighing mask ban on NYC subways: What to know (Original Post)
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
Jun 14
OP
Great idea! Closed in area. All sorts of contagious diseases and no masks allowed?
Wonder Why
Jun 14
#1
this would just declare open season on mask wearers who already get harassed for just trying to stay healthy
Blues Heron
Jun 14
#2
Wonder Why
(4,163 posts)1. Great idea! Closed in area. All sorts of contagious diseases and no masks allowed?
Blues Heron
(6,073 posts)2. this would just declare open season on mask wearers who already get harassed for just trying to stay healthy
its pretty much unenforceable, and would lead to vigilante confrontations against mask wearers.
Voltaire2
(14,346 posts)3. Hochul is caving in to the right.
Im very disappointed with her recent actions.
Traurigkeit
(1,290 posts)5. She needs to prove she is a Democrat, this decision isn't democratic.
Tell the Republicans to fuck themselves
LauraInLA
(790 posts)4. I don't know how we balance the problem of masks to protect health and masks to facilitate crime on subways,
Which apparently is a problem.
Traurigkeit
(1,290 posts)6. dont need masks to commit crimes. it is sadly done daily across the US