https://wearethene.ws/notable/210615
Note on page 3 sections 1 and 2:
- individuals are encouraged to wear mask when unable to maintain 6 feet social distance. -No person may be required by any jurisdiction "enforcement office" to wear or to mandate the wearing of a face covering. -no jurisdiction may impose confinement in jail as a penalty for violation of any COVID 19 order. -no jurisdiction may impose a penalty of any kind for failure to wear a face covering.... -except that a legally authorized official may act to enforce trespassing laws and remove violator at the request of a business establishment or property owner.
IN English......do not wear a mask in Texas. If you are approached by a establishment representative respectfully decline their encouragement to wear a mask. If they persist, state you can not wear a mask due to your medical condition of Metabolic Acidosis which will be further compromised if you do not breathe 21% O2 ambient air. Masks prevent this. You many suffer irreversible ischemic organ damage which could lead to organ failure. If they insist further ask the question, "Are you going to refuse me service and refuse to take my money and charge me with trespassing?"
If the response is YES then leave the premises. Do not return EVER.
If the response is No then say thank you and go about your business.
We MUST stop wearing masks or this will never end. It stays as long as we comply. Stop participating in this emotional delusion.
So far no issues at HEB, Tractor Supply, or Home Depot. Come on TEXAS. You can do this.
HEB announcement March 5 2021 https://newsroom.heb.com/h-e-b-takes-additional-steps-to-safeguard-partners-by-providing-masks-and-gloves/
Note the "The ending of mask ordinances puts real pressure on retailers to enforce an emotional topic for many. We ask for kindness and understanding from our customers in our expectation of them to wear masks in our stores. Also, we understand some customers cannot wear a mask due to medical exceptions. We request all customers adhere to the Covid-19 protocols we have in place while shopping." They will not enforce per management. Just strongly encourage. Kindly refuse.
I especially LOVE the "enforce an emotional topic" not health crisis or deadly viral outbreak. No "emotional topic" Geeeez. These people and their feelings.
I’m in LA and it blows my mind this bullshit is happening in a place like Galveston since I look at TX and FL as the last bastions of freedom in America
Texas has changed fren, especially any of the big cities. Austin is basically Cali east tho more libertarian still on average.
For example: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mask-mandate-ken-paxton-texas-attorney-general-sues-austin-for-refusing-to-lift/
I gotta say I'm conflicted about Paxton. He is a gunslinger with lawsuits but many of them get thrown out on procedural grounds. Sometimes it's grandstanding, sometimes it's common sense, sometimes it's fights over where local control starts and stops.
Lots of businesses in Mississippi are NOT recognizing the lift either. Big box stores. Fast food restaurants. Haven’t been to a bank but I bet the national ones aren’t recognizing the lift either. It’s good to go out daily (without a mask) just to make a point. Help give others the courage to take theirs off. Why is there a game called “Follow the Leader” and not one called “Lead the Followers?”
People can benefit from seeing courage in others. Businesses can benefit from realizing customers are people with minds to choose. They treat customers like given commodities. Was at Walmart other day (targeted maskless mission) and saw line after line of masked individuals waiting to check themselves out. Waiting to do all of the work for the business they are patronizing. No thank you. Tired of that. People don’t treat people as if they are fellow humans. It’s shocking.
Now shop at our locally-owned grocery store. People are super friendly. The cashiers are friendly. Everyone recognizes you as a fellow human. Eye contact. Greetings. And even “Hey! How are you today? Can I help you find something?”
WOW! What a difference!
I’d love to see the local grocery store return to helping deliver groceries to people’s cars again. Even if it’s just on one Saturday a month. Would love to see business make an effort to humanize our society. People could even volunteer to do it. Something. Enough of sterile (at best) interactions at these businesses.