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The post you are referring to is about the discrepancy between how big business is treated vs. small business. We all wear masks where I live. There is no problem there. Yet there are no social distancing, occupancy limits, or contact tracking requirements for big box stores. There never has been!
Meanwhile, small businesses such as my own, were closed. We were closed for nearly six months! And in order to open, we have countless rules, inspections, and occupancy limits. Money doesn't grow on trees. The double standard is crazy, and if their rationale is 'saving lives' they are better to let the small businesses stay open, and limit the Home Depots where people jam in like sardines.
I support the police, yet I fully understand that in this pandemic the police can go after my business for operating even if we are doing so safely, and even if we are doing the same things a big box store can do with impunity. Or the protesters: there are no rules for them. Video footage from Louisville has them cramming into a Unitarian church last night to avoid arrest, not all of them masked.
Wow, that’s horrible. Not the case in my area at all. All the big box stores have social distancing and occupancy limits. They keep tabs at the door. Very sorry for what you experienced as a small business owner. Not sure what is going on in some areas. My father is retired and works part time for a small business. They were only closed for two weeks. The handling of the pandemic has been horrible. So much inconsistency. It seems like because protesting is done out in the open, it is left alone.
But regarding the post referred to, not sure why it was directed to me.
The issue is that you are making these parallel - that a person not wearing a mask is as much a criminal as a rioting thug burning down buildings, looting, and throwing bricks. When I see someone not wearing a mask, I just steer clear. If I saw someone looting my store and smashing the windows, there’s nothing I can do.
What you’re attempting to do is transparent: show that “both sides” are wrong. That’s what liberals do when they have no defense and try to minimize the reprehensible behavior of radical leftists. You’re saying that A) conservatives don’t wear masks, and B) leftists burn down buildings and set cars on fire and shoot at police and loot stores and throw bricks. Thus, according to you, they’re both equally wrong.
IOW, when I am walking down the street, I’d much rather pass by a maskless person than someone setting a house on fire.
No. What I am saying is that people need to abide by the law. The OP, you and others are trying to make police look bad for enforcing the law.
POLICE ARE DOING THEIR JOBS, whether dealing with rioters or enforcing mask requirements.
No. What I am saying is that people need to abide by the law. The OP, you and others are trying to make police look bad for enforcing the law. POLICE ARE DOING THEIR JOBS, whether dealing with rioters or enforcing mask requirements.
Oye. Police are being PROHIBITED from doing their jobs, by Democrat mayors, as they burn down buildings and loot stores! And yet you’re all gung-ho that police should enforce mask requirements?
Where’s your outrage at Democrats like the Seattle mayor, the NYC mayor, and the Portland mayor as radical leftists turned sections of their cities into third-world war zones - and they tell the police to stand down? That some anti-white bigot like DeBlasio won’t let his police protect store and building owners, yet he has the cops “guard” the mural honoring the racist terrorist hate group?
Oye. Police are being PROHIBITED from doing their jobs, by Democrat mayors, as they burn down buildings and loot stores! And yet you’re all gung-ho that police should enforce mask requirements?
Where’s your outrage at Democrats like the Seattle mayor, the NYC mayor, and the Portland mayor as radical leftists turned sections of their cities into third-world war zones - and they tell the police to stand down? That some anti-white bigot like DeBlasio won’t let his police protect store and building owners, yet he has the cops “guard” the mural honoring the racist terrorist hate group?
Once again, the police are correct to arrest individuals who are breaking the law.
I don’t know what is going on in some of those cities. Neither do I agree with those mayors. People should be able to protest, not loot.
Once again, the police are correct to arrest individuals who are breaking the law.
I don’t know what is going on in some of those cities. Neither do I agree with those mayors. People should be able to protest, not loot.
But breaking the law by burning down a building and refusing to wear a mask are not on the same level. One is a felony punishable by prison, and the other is a violation of a state regulation.
Wow, that’s horrible. Not the case in my area at all. All the big box stores have social distancing and occupancy limits. They keep tabs at the door. Very sorry for what you experienced as a small business owner. Not sure what is going on in some areas. My father is retired and works part time for a small business. They were only closed for two weeks. The handling of the pandemic has been horrible. So much inconsistency. It seems like because protesting is done out in the open, it is left alone.
But regarding the post referred to, not sure why it was directed to me.
Thank you. Certain sectors of business were hit harder than others in NY. Fitness and restaurants, specifically.
But breaking the law by burning down a building and refusing to wear a mask are not on the same level. One is a felony punishable by prison, and the other is a violation of a state regulation.
No, they are not but the police ought not to be criticized for doing their jobs in either area.
No, they are not but the police ought not to be criticized for doing their jobs in either area.
So you agree that Democrat mayors were wrong to tell police to stand down while thugs burned down buildings and looted stores? That they are enabling criminals?
So you agree that Democrat mayors were wrong to tell police to stand down while thugs burned down buildings and looted stores? That they are enabling criminals?
Of course, those mayors are wrong. Protesting should be permitted. Rioting and looting should not. Not sure what the point in doing that was.
That's the thing lately....they go after minor rule breakers while letting rioters and protesters go free. . .
The reason cops go after soft targets like a mask a minor traffic error is because many cops are cowards and bullies.
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