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Oregon Maskholes strike again at another store in Springfield - same folks (Original Post) jmbar2 Jan 2021 OP
Why don't they call the police! leftofthestorm Jan 2021 #1
They did and the cops let them go jmbar2 Jan 2021 #3
Why not? Ms. Toad Jan 2021 #9
The store would have had to make that charge jmbar2 Jan 2021 #13
Actually, no. Ms. Toad Jan 2021 #14
What fucking ninnies. GoCubsGo Jan 2021 #2
Consider passing a law Pantagruel Jan 2021 #4
I seriously don't get it. LisaM Jan 2021 #5
These bored, entitled people PatSeg Jan 2021 #10
WTF is "the right to commerce" ? RealityCheque Jan 2021 #6
the legal equivalent of gish gallop. Ms. Toad Jan 2021 #8
That was in another video posted today PatSeg Jan 2021 #11
I tried Googling "the right to commerce" PatSeg Jan 2021 #16
Like... RealityCheque Jan 2021 #17
And these maskless patriots PatSeg Jan 2021 #20
Amen RealityCheque Jan 2021 #21
Prostitution is commerce. keithbvadu2 Jan 2021 #7
What do these idiots think they are accomplishing? Drahthaardogs Jan 2021 #12
If you run into them, get a chant going... jmbar2 Jan 2021 #15
There were several of these types of fools in Eugene (across the river from Springfield) yesterday jalan48 Jan 2021 #18
Hope they get exposed publicly. jmbar2 Jan 2021 #19

Ms. Toad

(34,074 posts)
9. Why not?
Sun Jan 17, 2021, 03:40 PM
Jan 2021

They had no receipts for the goods they removed from the store, the money was proffered, but not accepted by the store, so they were not purchased.

jmbar2

(4,890 posts)
13. The store would have had to make that charge
Sun Jan 17, 2021, 03:54 PM
Jan 2021

We have a lot of rightwing cops here. These incidents are happening all over Oregon and they are refusing to charge them.

I think customers in these stores need to start shouting them down when they arrive:

"Stop abusing essential workers!"

Ms. Toad

(34,074 posts)
14. Actually, no.
Sun Jan 17, 2021, 03:57 PM
Jan 2021

When a crime is committed, the state is the victim. The store is merely a witness - which can be subpoeaned like any other witness.

 

Pantagruel

(2,580 posts)
4. Consider passing a law
Sun Jan 17, 2021, 02:54 PM
Jan 2021

to allow tasing of people who intentionally put our lives at risk by going maskless in indoor places of commerce?

LisaM

(27,813 posts)
5. I seriously don't get it.
Sun Jan 17, 2021, 02:54 PM
Jan 2021

She can't put on a mask for ONE MINUTE to buy two items?

I am tired, tired of these people.

PatSeg

(47,501 posts)
10. These bored, entitled people
Sun Jan 17, 2021, 03:48 PM
Jan 2021

apparently need a cause and of all the worthy causes in the world to choose from, they decided shopping maskless was just the right one for them. Abandoned pets, homelessness, disabled vets, abused children, endangered species? Apparently, those were just not sexy enough. They decided shopping without a mask and embarrassing themselves on camera was.

Plus, I suppose they thought they'd get more "likes" on Twitter and maybe make them famous. Yes, I am also very tired of these people. Can't they go back to watching The Bachelorette and throwing Tupperware parties?

Ms. Toad

(34,074 posts)
8. the legal equivalent of gish gallop.
Sun Jan 17, 2021, 03:37 PM
Jan 2021

Grabbing legal words and phrases and throwing them together as if they mean something.

PatSeg

(47,501 posts)
11. That was in another video posted today
Sun Jan 17, 2021, 03:50 PM
Jan 2021

Maybe it is part of some ridiculous script that they are all following. All of a sudden, they're all lawyers and think they sound so smart, but they just look very foolish.

PatSeg

(47,501 posts)
16. I tried Googling "the right to commerce"
Sun Jan 17, 2021, 04:01 PM
Jan 2021

and couldn't find anything, except for Congress's right to "regulate commerce" which was a clause in the constitution. They are just making shit up as they go and they think that store clerks are too stupid to know better.

RealityCheque

(473 posts)
17. Like...
Sun Jan 17, 2021, 05:02 PM
Jan 2021

When Pence said that the administration can’t have a mask mandate because it’s a violation of people’s rights?

Hmmm, seatbelts are required to save lives, science proves masks do. Sure, not everyone wears seatbelts, but for those of us who do, we never claim we are exercising our right to do so?

Not much different than the evangelical lunatics who interpret the Bible for their liking and don’t believe Jesus was a man of color and a Jew.

PatSeg

(47,501 posts)
20. And these maskless patriots
Sun Jan 17, 2021, 05:23 PM
Jan 2021

wouldn't raise a stink if a store required them to wear shoes or a shirt while shopping. No one would be screaming, "You are breaking the law" or "violating my constitutional rights and my right to commerce."

As for Jesus, their version of Jesus doesn't resemble anything in any bible I've ever read.

keithbvadu2

(36,828 posts)
7. Prostitution is commerce.
Sun Jan 17, 2021, 03:21 PM
Jan 2021

Prostitution is commerce.

Sell us your goods, lady.

Illegal?

When does that stop Trumpsters?

You would deny us the right to commerce?

jalan48

(13,870 posts)
18. There were several of these types of fools in Eugene (across the river from Springfield) yesterday
Sun Jan 17, 2021, 05:15 PM
Jan 2021

going from store to store in a small shopping mall not wearing masks. They were trying to make some type of incoherent point I guess.

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