I wanted to rewrite this post because my last one had a lot of on-the-fly edits and I think I can make this cleaner.
Here's what we should do:
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Find people in your neighborhood/community who are sick of masks and want a change and invite them to participate. Start a facebook group or get people on a massive text chain or something like that.
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Decide the dates and times you plan to do this. Get people to go in groups of at least 15, the bigger the better. That's disruptive, and frankly, people can go in all day in different shifts and keep it going.
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Decide on the grocery store you wish to target.
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Go in with masks on, grab a cart, and grab all the perishable goods (meat, cheese, milk, eggs, etc.) along with a few other things to make replacing things more time consuming.
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Place your list with the demands on the top of the cart filled with items (it will say "replace your 'masks required signs' with a 'we support your constitutional rights--no masks required' signs and then these actions will stop.")
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Walk your cart to the front of the store.
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Leave it there and go home.
This way we:
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Avoid physical confrontations
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Avoid being identified so we can be charged with trespassing, etc.
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Create real disruption for these business owners forcing them to change.
I do not wear a mask either...other than a couple minutes between classes when I am out in the hallway...I never wear a mask...I go to Smith's, Costco, Walmart, and Payson Market...Home Depot...etc...and I do not wear a mask...there have abbe a couple of times people have asked me to put something on...but I just say medical condition and keep walking...so far I have not had anyone pursue anything. If someone were to pursue something...I would politely leave the store or location and find what I need somewhere else.
I like your idea...but the issue is most of these stores are really not to blame...in Utah the blame lies with Cox...and Herbert...and the statewide mask mandate. I am not certain I feel comfortable bringing potential financial harm to a business that may feel they do not have control over what the government mandates. I have thought about confronting my Principal at my school but realize that even the school district has no say so...the Utah government made the unconstitutional rules but the districts are forced to abide by them.
I like your idea about grouping together, but rather than getting perishables...and leaving the carts at the front of the store with demands...just go into the store 15-20 people deep without a face diaper...you know you are not endangering anyone's health...and if enough people refuse to comply they can't and wont stop everyone.
There is a video of roughly 20 people trying this posted on the front page, they were met with massive confrontation and violence. It doesn't work the way you think it does in a lot of places.
We're better off making quiet demands. Suddenly the store workers look up and see 20-50 full carts with nobody behind them all with signs saying "take down your mask signs or else this will continue" believe me that things will change in a hurry.