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In reply to the discussion: 'This is no longer a debate': Florida sheriff bans deputies, visitors from wearing masks [View all]BusyBeingBest
(8,054 posts)81. I'd like to see Democrats make a point about being heavily in favor
Last edited Wed Aug 12, 2020, 03:45 PM - Edit history (1)
of things like hardhats, safety harnesses, firefighter helmets, bulletproof vests, steel-toed boots, etc. just to see if those items become political too--will they then be opposed/banned by Republicans? Can we try to get them to stop protecting themselves for political reasons until they're all dead and gone? We could start with seatbelts, and work our way up.
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'This is no longer a debate': Florida sheriff bans deputies, visitors from wearing masks [View all]
riversedge
Aug 2020
OP
what kind of broken educational system coughs up talking hairballs like this "sheriff?"
Blues Heron
Aug 2020
#3
Thank you for my first laugh of the day. . "Coughs up talking hair balls". Your question is a
niyad
Aug 2020
#26
Yet another reason that tourists will FLOCK to Florida!! NUT JOBS like this, and DeSantis
Bengus81
Aug 2020
#18
I fear for the future of this country precisely because of people like this sheriff.
Lonestarblue
Aug 2020
#20
think a nice mask-free delegation of Covid-positive citizens could persuade him otherwise...?
bringthePaine
Aug 2020
#24
He's correct that it's no longer a debate. He's incorrect about everything else.
lagomorph777
Aug 2020
#31
Jesus. I'm so glad there's a continent between me and that pestiferous swamp...
Aristus
Aug 2020
#45
They didn't like "Defund the Police" but are OK with "Attrition the Police with disease."
Gore1FL
Aug 2020
#49
I would say he doesn't have the authority to ban visitors from wearing them.
LiberalFighter
Aug 2020
#57
Conservative Orange County California sheriff, after Governor Newsom announced mandatory
C Moon
Aug 2020
#77
"and when dealing with people who are high-risk or suspected of having the novel coronavirus."
csziggy
Aug 2020
#63
I know Levy County. My parents lived in both Ocala and Williston after I went off to FSU.
ancianita
Aug 2020
#82