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I wrote this in another thread today, but it is appropriate here also to show the insanity out there:
I was walking through an outdoor shopping complex where I stopped to pick up a cup of coffee. As I began to walk back to my original destination, I looked at the weekend Farmer’s Market that was setup in the parking lot of this large outdoor area, which is part of a county property.
I had not bothered to go to this particular Farmer’s Market in months, because they had lost many of their vendors, and there was always a very long line to get in, due to them practicing social distancing and all the other nonsense to supposedly fight the plandemic.
But there were fewer crowds this time, and really no lines to enter. There was, however, a large sign saying that one could not enter without wearing a face mask.
Until now, I have never worn a face mask in public, even when going to stores that say they are required. Nobody has ever challenged me, and in fact, in recent days, I have had the feeling that the poor employees in many of these stores enjoyed seeing someone not complying, and I felt sorry for them as I knew they probably had to wear one all day long as a condition for their employment.
So I decided I would just try to slip past the “gate keeper” while he was talking to someone else.
It didn’t work. The Farmer’s Market police man (FMP) immediately ran up to me and said: “I am sorry sir, but you cannot come in here without wearing a face mask.”
Next, I tried the “ignore technique” and pretended like I didn’t hear him, and just kept on walking.
He persisted. I told him: “I’m sorry, I don’t do face masks.”
FMP: “Sir, you have to leave then, you can’t come in here.”
I kept walking. He persisted.
FMP: “Sir, nobody is going to sell to you without a face mask, so please leave.”
Me: “I’m sorry, I don’t do face masks.”
At this point he got visibly upset, and made some kind of threatening statement, although it was difficult to clearly understand everything he was saying sometimes, due to that mask covering his mouth.
So I came to a complete stop and looked directly into his eyes and said:
“Ok. Would you like to carry me out of here?”
FMP: “No, no. I am not going to carry you away, but I am going to follow you and make sure you don’t buy anything.”
Me: “Ok, no problem. I wasn’t planning on buying anything anyway. I am just exercising my right as a citizen to walk through this public market area.” And I raised my voice as I said that last part, just to make sure the other Farmer’s Market patrons could hear me.
FMP: “No, this is private property.”
Me: “No, your market might be private, but this is a public area and you have no authority to make me wear a face mask.”
So as he followed he walked beside me, and I turned to him and said:
“Do you realize there are literally hundreds of doctors who explain how dangerous it is to wear a face mask all day long and keep breathing in your own carbon dioxide?”
He thought about that for a second, and then said to me:
“Oh really? So when a doctor performing brain surgery is wearing a face mask, he’s wrong?”
I came to a full stop, looked him directly in the eyes and said:
“Do you see anyone around here performing brain surgery? Yes, in a hospital surgery setting, a face mask is appropriate, but not outside in the fresh air like this.”
By now another woman looking rather important rushed up to me and said: “You have to leave, now!”
I ignored her and kept walking.
She threatened me and said: “If you don’t leave, I am going to call [name of some county official that apparently is a supervisor in some capacity.]”
Me: “Sure! No problem! Call him up and ask him to come here and carry me out.”
I thought it interesting that they did NOT threaten to call the police, given all the backlash the police are getting during the current situation. And I knew that whoever this person was she was threatening to call was probably not going to stop whatever it was he was doing to worry about someone walking through the Farmer’s Market simply because they were not wearing a mask.
So now the FMP, a young white male maybe in his late 20s, apparently just assumed that because I am an older white male, that I must be a Trump supporter, so he starts trash talking President Trump.
I replied:
“I don’t care what you think about Trump. All politicians are part of the problem, not part of the solution.”
FMP: “Well I don’t disagree with that.”
Now that he had tipped his hand, I had him!
So I said to him:
“Why are you obeying the Trump administration’s edict to wear a mask? His medical authority cronies are the ones who mandated this. Are you Trump’s slave?”
FMP: “No, no! I am not a slave. I am a free person who can do whatever I want, and I CHOOSE to wear a mask!”
Me: “Good! Keep practicing your freedom, and I will do the same.”
Then I asked, knowing how he probably felt about police actions during the current rioting situation:
“Why are you putting up yellow police tape all around the Farmer’s Market to keep people out?”
FMP: “That’s not police tape!”
Me: “Really? The people who make this yellow tape make it for Farmer’s Markets?”
He didn’t reply, and now I had reached the exit to the market, and said to him:
“You have a great day, and keep practicing your freedoms!”
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