Sun May 17, 2020, 10:45 AM

Make It A Felony To Get Within 6 Feet Of Anyone Without Your Face Mask On

That you don't live with.

The country would be 99% re-opened in 30 days.

Just sayyin.....

Keep your Coronavirus to yourself.

What a plan!

But, but, but, but..... Freedumb!

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Make It A Felony To Get Within 6 Feet Of Anyone Without Your Face Mask On (Original post)	DanieRains	May 2020	OP
That would be unenforceable.	The Velveteen Ocelot	May 2020	#1
They just needed to make it a thing at the outset.	bullimiami	May 2020	#2
This administration values the economy over the people.	Arkansas Granny	May 2020	#3
There Weren't Enough Masks For Health Care Workers They Couldn't Ask Us To Wear Them	DanieRains	May 2020	#10
What About Stand Your Ground?	DanieRains	May 2020	#4
Exactly. To me, unmasked and a foot away? it's attempted murder .	BamaRefugee	May 2020	#11
I'll be going out today	sarisataka	May 2020	#22
I want to make a crinoline for a 12 foot hoop skirt	Politicub	May 2020	#5
There is this, but I like your idea better.	Yonnie3	May 2020	#14
Those Germans.	roamer65	May 2020	#17
That's actually very clever... and economical.	Politicub	May 2020	#29
Increased policing is not the answer.	WhiskeyGrinder	May 2020	#6
Why not?	MineralMan	May 2020	#8
To me, the term "police state" comes readily to mind	Seeking Serenity	May 2020	#30
I see. So health regulations are right out, then?	MineralMan	May 2020	#31
So nuance or proportionality not your bag	Seeking Serenity	May 2020	#33
Not much nuance in "Police State,"	MineralMan	May 2020	#35
As a general matter, the more power one gives to police,	Seeking Serenity	May 2020	#36
Well, I think I'm done here.	MineralMan	May 2020	#37
Nice chatting with you	Seeking Serenity	May 2020	#38
Increased policing is generally applied disproportionately, and people from already oppressed	WhiskeyGrinder	May 2020	#43
This message was self-deleted by its author	WhiskeyGrinder	May 2020	#41
Make it a simple $1000 fine.	roamer65	May 2020	#7
Yes This Would Make More Sense	DanieRains	May 2020	#12
I do understand your frustration.	roamer65	May 2020	#18
Nah, too fascist for me.	Fiendish Thingy	May 2020	#9
Fines Make More Sense	DanieRains	May 2020	#13
Cops love fines.	roamer65	May 2020	#16
That'll show all those low wage earners and unemployed people !	MichMan	May 2020	#19
Or they won't do it in the first place.	roamer65	May 2020	#23
Is that what you say to poor people in other situations	Seeking Serenity	May 2020	#32
Completely different situation.	roamer65	May 2020	#39
That'll help the issue in prisons....a year min in jail.	jmg257	May 2020	#15
This is way too authoritarian for me.	Ace Rothstein	May 2020	#20
You know stress tests for banks?	Igel	May 2020	#25
I've been saying that for a month.	EllieBC	May 2020	#46
There is so much fear and hysteria here.	Ace Rothstein	May 2020	#47
Felony huh? We'd have to build a lot more prisons in a hurry.	panader0	May 2020	#21
OFFS!	Kali	May 2020	#24
The MAGAs would love that!	Initech	May 2020	#26
Forgot mine in the car yesterday	Wawannabe	May 2020	#27
Republicans would love this. No voting with a felony	jimfields33	May 2020	#28
That's...not legal. You can't just make shit up and demand people obey it	Tarc	May 2020	#34
Why only 6 ft when a cough or sneeze sprays for 25 ft? Shouldn't we make that the legal distance?	Baclava	May 2020	#40
Im Michigan it's a $1000 fine and a misdemeanor, not a felony	MichMan	May 2020	#42
hard pass nt	Celerity	May 2020	#44
Funny how fear turns people into authoritarian	EllieBC	May 2020	#45
You want tattooed numbers and armbands next??	raptor_rider	May 2020	#48

Response to DanieRains (Original post)

Sun May 17, 2020, 10:50 AM

The Velveteen Ocelot (92,608 posts)

1. That would be unenforceable.

This is the DU member formerly known as The Velveteen Ocelot.

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Response to DanieRains (Original post)

Sun May 17, 2020, 10:51 AM

bullimiami (11,318 posts)

2. They just needed to make it a thing at the outset.

A patriotic American thing the right thing to do for god and country to slow the spread

But we have president evil and his minions.

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Response to bullimiami (Reply #2)

Sun May 17, 2020, 10:53 AM

Arkansas Granny (29,036 posts)

3. This administration values the economy over the people.

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Response to Arkansas Granny (Reply #3)

Sun May 17, 2020, 10:59 AM

DanieRains (2,675 posts)

10. There Weren't Enough Masks For Health Care Workers They Couldn't Ask Us To Wear Them

In the beginning there wasn't enough PPE. Masks. The powers that be could have still made it mandatory to cover your face if you went out with 100 different semi-useful things.

Only in America are there so many stupid people who care nothing for their neighbors, and literally their families.

Sad.

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Response to DanieRains (Original post)

Sun May 17, 2020, 10:53 AM

DanieRains (2,675 posts)

4. What About Stand Your Ground?

Keeps crossing my mind.

They "look infected" would be enough to shoot someone in Floriduh.

Right?

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Response to DanieRains (Reply #4)

Sun May 17, 2020, 10:59 AM

BamaRefugee (3,253 posts)

11. Exactly. To me, unmasked and a foot away? it's attempted murder .

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Response to DanieRains (Reply #4)

Sun May 17, 2020, 11:36 AM

sarisataka (11,743 posts)

22. I'll be going out today

Have to go to the grocery. I'll have my mask and a properly concealed pistol.

At 5 feet an unmasked person will get a warning. At 4feet I will produce my pistol. At 3 feet I will give a final warning and if they step closer I will fire.

Can I count on you to have my back and support my actions? That you will speak up to say I was acting in self-defense?

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Response to DanieRains (Original post)

Sun May 17, 2020, 10:55 AM

Politicub (11,181 posts)

5. I want to make a crinoline for a 12 foot hoop skirt

That way, I could mark my zone.

Plus, I think it would be wonderful to walk around in a hoop skirt and wearing a matching mask.

I am not kidding.

On edit: someone in the 1800s beat me to it. https://theconversation.com/the-fashionable-history-of-social-distancing-134464

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Response to Politicub (Reply #5)

Sun May 17, 2020, 11:01 AM

Yonnie3 (10,596 posts)

14. There is this, but I like your idea better.

German cafe tells customers to wear pool noodles to enforce social distancing

By Nadine Schmidt and Jack Guy, CNN

Updated 12:23 PM ET, Fri May 15, 2020

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/15/europe/german-cafe-noodle-distancing-scli-intl-grm/index.html

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Response to Yonnie3 (Reply #14)

Sun May 17, 2020, 11:15 AM

roamer65 (25,474 posts)

17. Those Germans.

I love how they engineer things.

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Response to Yonnie3 (Reply #14)

Sun May 17, 2020, 12:02 PM

Politicub (11,181 posts)

29. That's actually very clever... and economical.

I think they sell those pool noodles at Dollar Tree, too.

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Response to DanieRains (Original post)

Sun May 17, 2020, 10:56 AM

WhiskeyGrinder (10,789 posts)

6. Increased policing is not the answer.

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Response to WhiskeyGrinder (Reply #6)

Sun May 17, 2020, 10:57 AM

MineralMan (136,676 posts)

8. Why not?

Please explain.

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Response to MineralMan (Reply #8)

Sun May 17, 2020, 12:05 PM

Seeking Serenity (2,501 posts)

30. To me, the term "police state" comes readily to mind

as an explanation as to why not.

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Response to Seeking Serenity (Reply #30)

Sun May 17, 2020, 12:09 PM

MineralMan (136,676 posts)

31. I see. So health regulations are right out, then?

Hmm...I'm afraid I disagree.

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Response to MineralMan (Reply #31)

Sun May 17, 2020, 12:12 PM

Seeking Serenity (2,501 posts)

33. So nuance or proportionality not your bag

OK, then.

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Response to Seeking Serenity (Reply #33)

Sun May 17, 2020, 12:17 PM

MineralMan (136,676 posts)

35. Not much nuance in "Police State,"

it seems to me. Which laws do you think should be enforced and which should not? I tend to be a public safety sort of guy. I'm in favor of laws that promote that, you see.

Really, though, I didn't propose anything at all. I merely replied to another DUer with a question, which has gone unanswered.

And then, you come back at me with the "Police State" thing. I don't believe I have ever been in a discussion with you, so I don't know much about where you are coming from.

I did not advocate for any particular laws or enforcement actions. I asked a question.

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Response to MineralMan (Reply #35)

Sun May 17, 2020, 12:38 PM

Seeking Serenity (2,501 posts)

36. As a general matter, the more power one gives to police,

the more police seem to take.

And to give police the authority to regulate things and behaviour in the name of "public health"? That's more power than a good man should want or that a bad man should have.

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Response to Seeking Serenity (Reply #36)

Sun May 17, 2020, 12:39 PM

MineralMan (136,676 posts)

37. Well, I think I'm done here.

Thanks for playing.

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Response to MineralMan (Reply #37)

Sun May 17, 2020, 12:41 PM

Seeking Serenity (2,501 posts)

38. Nice chatting with you

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Response to MineralMan (Reply #8)

Sun May 17, 2020, 01:15 PM

WhiskeyGrinder (10,789 posts)

43. Increased policing is generally applied disproportionately, and people from already oppressed

populations bear the brunt. Poor, BIPOC and disabled people would be targeted, because they always are when policing is increased, no matter the initiative. A felony charge would increase incarceration, which would result in putting more people in prison, which are already hot spots. The carceral state is a vector for pandemics.

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Response to DanieRains (Original post)

Sun May 17, 2020, 10:56 AM

roamer65 (25,474 posts)

7. Make it a simple $1000 fine.

The police love revenue. They’ll be writing citations everywhere.

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Response to roamer65 (Reply #7)

Sun May 17, 2020, 10:59 AM

DanieRains (2,675 posts)

12. Yes This Would Make More Sense

I admit.

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Response to DanieRains (Reply #12)

Sun May 17, 2020, 11:17 AM

roamer65 (25,474 posts)

18. I do understand your frustration.

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Response to DanieRains (Original post)

Sun May 17, 2020, 10:58 AM

Fiendish Thingy (6,439 posts)

9. Nah, too fascist for me.

So you’d put all violators in prison? Doesn’t really make sense.

Other countries seem to be able to enforce masks and distancing without locking folks up.

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Response to Fiendish Thingy (Reply #9)

Sun May 17, 2020, 11:00 AM

DanieRains (2,675 posts)

13. Fines Make More Sense

Enforced fairly.

No mask, no money.

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Response to DanieRains (Reply #13)

Sun May 17, 2020, 11:13 AM

roamer65 (25,474 posts)

16. Cops love fines.

It will fill their quotas.

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Response to DanieRains (Reply #13)

Sun May 17, 2020, 11:17 AM

MichMan (4,205 posts)

19. That'll show all those low wage earners and unemployed people !

When they cant afford basic necessities after they pay the fines. they will think long and hard about what they have done.

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Response to MichMan (Reply #19)

Sun May 17, 2020, 11:38 AM

roamer65 (25,474 posts)

23. Or they won't do it in the first place.

At least those with a smidge of common sense left.

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Response to roamer65 (Reply #23)

Sun May 17, 2020, 12:10 PM

Seeking Serenity (2,501 posts)

32. Is that what you say to poor people in other situations

as their fines, interest, fees and penalties continue to mount to where they'll be hard-pressed to climb out? "Well, they shouldn't have done it (whatever petty offence "it" is)."

Very, very compassionate. Or no, wrong word. Oh what is it?

Oh, yes -- authoritarian.

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Response to Seeking Serenity (Reply #32)

Sun May 17, 2020, 12:41 PM

roamer65 (25,474 posts)

39. Completely different situation.

You know that.

Fines for breaking laws are light years different than financial hardship.

Apples to oranges and courts get lenient in those situations, anyway.

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Response to DanieRains (Original post)

Sun May 17, 2020, 11:07 AM

jmg257 (11,831 posts)

15. That'll help the issue in prisons....a year min in jail.

Maybe it’s not a good idea,

This is the DU member formerly known as jmg257.

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Response to DanieRains (Original post)

Sun May 17, 2020, 11:29 AM

Ace Rothstein (1,978 posts)

20. This is way too authoritarian for me.

I don't like where this virus is bringing many people on our side.

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Response to Ace Rothstein (Reply #20)

Sun May 17, 2020, 11:44 AM

Igel (31,554 posts)

25. You know stress tests for banks?

Think of it as a stress test for people.

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Response to Ace Rothstein (Reply #20)

Sun May 17, 2020, 01:28 PM

EllieBC (2,511 posts)

46. I've been saying that for a month.

Fear has turned our side into what 9/11 turned the GOP.

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Response to EllieBC (Reply #46)

Sun May 17, 2020, 02:35 PM

Ace Rothstein (1,978 posts)

47. There is so much fear and hysteria here.

Obviously this virus isn't a good thing and I'd rather not get it but too many on DU talk about it like it is the bubonic plague.

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Response to DanieRains (Original post)

Sun May 17, 2020, 11:33 AM

panader0 (22,048 posts)

21. Felony huh? We'd have to build a lot more prisons in a hurry.

Or, we could make it under penalty of death, and save on building prisons.

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Response to DanieRains (Original post)

Sun May 17, 2020, 11:41 AM

Kali (51,121 posts)

24. OFFS!

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Response to DanieRains (Original post)

Sun May 17, 2020, 11:46 AM

Initech (86,583 posts)

26. The MAGAs would love that!

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Response to DanieRains (Original post)

Sun May 17, 2020, 11:46 AM

Wawannabe (4,177 posts)

27. Forgot mine in the car yesterday

Was halfway thru the store before I realized ... but sure make it a felony! 🙄

Some really strong words there, pardner.

This is the DU member formerly known as Wawannabe.

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Response to DanieRains (Original post)

Sun May 17, 2020, 12:00 PM

jimfields33 (4,762 posts)

28. Republicans would love this. No voting with a felony

Don’t give them any ideas. Keep in mind they just had a rally in Georgia for the shooting and social distancing was not kept at all.

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Response to DanieRains (Original post)

Sun May 17, 2020, 12:16 PM

Tarc (9,860 posts)

34. That's...not legal. You can't just make shit up and demand people obey it

We have the rule of law, still. You can't just mimic Trump and waive away what you don't like because it is inconvenient.

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Response to DanieRains (Original post)

Sun May 17, 2020, 12:48 PM

Baclava (10,142 posts)

40. Why only 6 ft when a cough or sneeze sprays for 25 ft? Shouldn't we make that the legal distance?

This is the DU member formerly known as Baclava.

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Response to DanieRains (Original post)

Sun May 17, 2020, 12:58 PM

MichMan (4,205 posts)

42. Im Michigan it's a $1000 fine and a misdemeanor, not a felony

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Response to DanieRains (Original post)

Sun May 17, 2020, 01:18 PM

Celerity (17,581 posts)

44. hard pass nt

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Response to DanieRains (Original post)

Sun May 17, 2020, 01:26 PM

EllieBC (2,511 posts)

45. Funny how fear turns people into authoritarian

boot lickers.

Actually it’s not funny it’s disgusting. Fear is exactly what brings policies like stop and frisk. Fear and use of authority to make yourself feel safe is what has given us a bloated for profit prison system.

If you think we need more laws that will be most definitely applied unequally and unfairly, then you need to have a long talk with yourself about your fears.

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Sun May 17, 2020, 02:42 PM

raptor_rider (997 posts)

48. You want tattooed numbers and armbands next??

Get a grip 🙄

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