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Why is protesting in masks illegal?  Is the idea that it emboldens them to do something illegal since they can't be identified by camera? 

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Just now, Gene Parmesan said:

Why is protesting in masks illegal?  Is the idea that it emboldens them to do something illegal since they can't be identified by camera? 

I think that Texas repealed its mask prohibition in the 1970s. It wasn’t just protesting, it was basically anything in public with a mask. It was a way to target the KKK without saying “the KKK is banned from public events.” 
 

And the idea was more that people who might want to join a KKK rally would not want to if everyone saw them being pieces of shit and they suffered consequences. 

11 minutes ago, Nicole44 said:

The Education Secretary isn’t down with what is happening across college campuses. 
 

“Education Secretary Miguel Cardona condemned what he deemed the "unacceptable" behavior of protesters on college campuses across the country.

"I think what's happening on our campuses is abhorrent," Cardona told Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., at the Senate's budget requests hearing for fiscal year 2025 on Tuesday. "It's unacceptable and we're committed as a Department of Education to adhering to Title VI enforcement."

https://abcnews.go.com/US/live-updates/college-protests-israel-palestine-war/?id=109734946&cid=social_twitter_abcn

I guess the White House isn’t down with these campus occupiers nor their bullshit either. Hmmm….🤔 

What is Title 6?

 


 

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2 hours ago, Evil Bill Obrien said:

I mean what is a beach towel other than a really flat tent?

true detective time GIF

1 hour ago, wildcat09 said:

So you do believe an N95 disguises its wearer's identity?

Not sure if serious.  During the depth of the wask wearing days I would see friends I knew well and didn’t have a clue who they were. 

39 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

The idea is laughable.  I can't see his mouth!  Who is he?

Eyes, dipshits.

Why do you think so many protesters are wearing masks across the country?  Not just n 95s.  

You're a fucking idiot if you think covering mouth and maybe nose conceals identity.  I'm done with this stupid angle.   You morons will take any angle to try to advance your fascist viewpoint.

We actually have a moron here who adamantly believes wearing a mask or covering part of a face doesn’t make it more difficult to identify someone.  
 

Why do we think the protest organizers recommended wearing masks?  The world may never know.  

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4 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

you think covering mouth and maybe nose conceals identity.  

Um, yes? What the fuck are you trying to argue here? If you can just as easily identify people just by their eyes as you can their whole face, more power to you I guess. But that's not the norm.

4 minutes ago, Frank Drebin said:

We actually have a moron here who adamantly believes wearing a mask or covering part of a face doesn’t make it more difficult to identify someone.  
 

Why do we think the protest organizers recommended wearing masks?  The world may never know.  

Do you know how cops identify or don't identify potential perps?  Seriously, you aren't aware?

5 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Do you know how cops identify or don't identify potential perps?  Seriously, you aren't aware?

 

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11 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Do you know how cops identify or don't identify potential perps?  Seriously, you aren't aware?


They use lots of methods.    It isn’t just facial recognition software. They have witnesses.  Police lineups   

It isn’t just police.  It’s also school officials.  Or witnesses.  Not every act is recorded on camera.  So we are all straight, you don’t think the masks and face coverings at all make it more difficult for police, prosecutors, school officials or witnesses to identify someone who breaks the law or a rule? You don’t think an eyewitness’ testimony in court is at all less credible when they have to admit half of the defendant’s face was covered?

stop being a fucking idiot just for once.  

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1 hour ago, Gene Parmesan said:

Why is protesting in masks illegal?  Is the idea that it emboldens them to do something illegal since they can't be identified by camera? 

it's about repercussions, young people believe they'll be blacklisted for jobs mostly, especially the Arabs. Israel supporters have websites that ID Arabs and some say are screened at major corporations as anti-semitic. No job for you! 

18 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

You're a fucking idiot if you think covering mouth and maybe nose conceals identity.  I'm done with this stupid angle.   You morons will take any angle to try to advance your fascist viewpoint.

No,  you are incorrect.   Walk into a bank wearing a mask with a deposit and see what happens.  

1 minute ago, MontereyMX said:

No,  you are incorrect.   Walk into a bank wearing a mask with a deposit and see what happens.  

And when the cops arrest you quickly reach into your jacket pocket.  

8 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

Do you know how cops identify or don't identify potential perps?  Seriously, you aren't aware?

Anyone not wearing their gang colors is a potential perp. 

If you know someone, a mask probably doesn't make much of a difference identifying them. If you don't know them, go try to identify them in a line up and let me know how that worked.

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5 minutes ago, MontereyMX said:

No,  you are incorrect.   Walk into a bank wearing a mask with a deposit and see what happens.  

TIL a bank is a State-designated free speech public forum!

3 minutes ago, Deej said:

If you know someone, a mask probably doesn't make much of a difference identifying them. If you don't know them, go try to identify them in a line up and let me know how that worked.

You obviously don’t know how police identify people.  Eyewitnesses are no longer a thing, apparently.  

1 hour ago, Nicole44 said:

I guess the White House isn’t down with these campus occupiers nor their bullshit either. Hmmm….🤔 

I wonder if this is why the protesters are also protesting U.S. military aid and the U.S. diplomatic stance for Israel that is being directed by the White House.

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7 minutes ago, Captainant said:

TIL a bank is a State-designated free speech public forum!

you are thinking credit union.   I specifically said bank  😂

1 minute ago, lucious leftfoot said:

Enjoy 

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Eltife is that douche that went after the UTSA president for removing the "Come and Take it" flag.

I seriously hope some of you didn't attend UT.  The eyes are far and away the biggest identifying feature on the human face, and an N95 mask -- which is wholly legal -- doesn't conceal the eyes.

"Oh noes!  They're wearing an N95 mask!  Arrest them!"

Fascist idiots.

It’s actually nobodys fucking business why someone is wearing a mask on their face. Y’all get hung up on some weird shit.  

11 minutes ago, Deej said:

If you know someone, a mask probably doesn't make much of a difference identifying them. If you don't know them, go try to identify them in a line up and let me know how that worked.

I'm terrible at that stuff. There was a homeless guy passed out on the sidewalk on Anderson Lane a few years ago somewhere between Cabo Bobs and Burnet. It was during the summer and over 100 degrees outside. So, I called the police from my car and they asked me to identify the guy. I was like, well he's male, he's not wearing a shirt. They then asked me if he was black or white. I sat there for a second and then said, did I tell you it was a male?

6 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

I seriously hope some of you didn't attend UT.  The eyes are far and away the biggest identifying feature on the human face, and an N95 mask -- which is wholly legal -- doesn't conceal the eyes.

"Oh noes!  They're wearing an N95 mask!  Arrest them!"

Fascist idiots.

God damn, dude. Maybe sit a couple plays out. I don't like the company that you're forcing me to agree with.

"Well, his eyes were blue. Or maybe they were green. I'm not so sure."

8 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

Campuses across the state are having protests but only one university is being treated differently by the state.

Just now, F250 said:

Campuses across the state are having protests but only one university is being treated differently by the state.

Flagship!!!!

12 minutes ago, Hank_Hill said:

It’s actually nobodys fucking business why someone is wearing a mask on their face. Y’all get hung up on some weird shit.  

This is my initial reaction, especially if it's in the context of mainstream political speech like this. Whether I agree with the speech or not, If someone wants to hide his identity when protesting, why should I care? Then I consider KKK members wearing masks to burn crosses. For them -- hell no. Show your face. But then, you can’t ban masks for only some categories of speech. It’s a hard question.

15 minutes ago, F250 said:

Campuses across the state are having protests but only one university is being treated differently by the state.

Bet they stayed off the fucking grass!

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11 minutes ago, Mikey4 said:

Whether I agree with the speech or not, If someone wants to hide his identity when protesting, why should I care? Then I consider KKK members wearing masks to burn crosses. For them -- hell no.

Comparing a blue COVID mask to a KKK hood is certainly a take. 

COVID, identity protection, fellow hippies are smelly, Micro plastics are in the air, Abbott pooped his chair again. I don’t give a shit why you’re wearing a medical mask.

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Just now, Hank_Hill said:

COVID, identity protection, fellow hippies are smelly, Micro plastics are in the air, Abbott pooped his chair again. I don’t give a shit why you’re wearing a medical mask.

One day when you’re running the school your opinion will matter.  The administration believes masks at outdoor protests are improper and thus have a policy against them.  Those punished for masking against these rules can seek redress in the courts like the KKK did when hoods were banned in various jurisdictions.  

10 minutes ago, Captainant said:

Comparing a blue COVID mask to a KKK hood is certainly a take. 

I'm not comparing them or offering a "take." I'm asking whether it makes sense to have a law that prohibits people from concealing their faces.

36 minutes ago, F250 said:

Campuses across the state are having protests but only one university is being treated differently by the state.

Not heavy browed enough to be ATM. 

Clearly AI.

2 minutes ago, Frank Drebin said:

One day when you’re running the school your opinion will matter.  The administration believes masks at outdoor protests are improper and thus have a policy against them.  Those punished for masking against these rules can seek redress in the courts like the KKK did when hoods were banned in various jurisdictions.  

If only the schools opinion matters this thread is pretty fucking useless. Please keep your opinions out unless you are a school official going forward thank you.

Just now, ChickenSandwich said:

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You can see his eyes.  So no problem identifying per the big brains here.  

Face masks, recently adopted to reduce the spread of COVID-19, have had the unintended consequence of increasing the difficulty of face recognition. In security applications, face recognition algorithms are used to identify individuals and present results for human review. 
 

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36409731/#:~:text=Face masks%2C recently adopted to,present results for human review.

 

 

10 minutes ago, ChickenSandwich said:

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This person has an epicanthic fold. It's clearly pre-surgery Renee Zellweger.

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2 minutes ago, Mikey4 said:

I'm not comparing them or offering a "take." I'm asking whether it makes sense to have a law that prohibits people from concealing their faces.

Seriously - rules about concealing faces, tent erection times...? it's so disingenuous and dumb.

No one but the most simple among us thought any of these protest groups weren't going to establish encampments after Columbia. Columbia allowed it, with limited restraint, and the protestors broke into and occupied a building...then demanded humanitarian relief/food. Their agenda is the "free speech" angle many here are espousing, But it's weaponized. And obvious. I'm sad how many people buy it.

I lean hard towards Gaza in what's happening now, it's too much and not reciprocal, but this bullshit makes me want to wash my hands of it, remembering 40 years of changing goal posts from Palestinians and the terrorism they glorify in. That they still glorify in. The constant missile fire for decades and the stated goal of eradicating Israel.... Fuck these kids. 

Flame away. 

26 minutes ago, Mikey4 said:

I'm not comparing them or offering a "take." I'm asking whether it makes sense to have a law that prohibits people from concealing their faces.

There is not a law against it in Texas, that was repealed. Maybe there’s a school reg, I don’t know. 
 

LOL at the idea that wearing masks doesn’t help conceal identity though. 

4 minutes ago, 956 Worldwide said:

There is not a law against it in Texas, that was repealed. Maybe there’s a school reg, I don’t know. 
 

LOL at the idea that wearing masks doesn’t help conceal identity though. 

It’s a school policy.  It’s not in the Texas penal code like it was during the klan days.  Think the criminal law was repealed in the 70s. 

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36 minutes ago, Mikey4 said:

I'm not comparing them or offering a "take." I'm asking whether it makes sense to have a law that prohibits people from concealing their faces.

There is an ocean of context that differentiates a COVID style facemask from the symbol of hate and state sponsored oppression (in the post reconstruction south, specifically) that is a KKK hood. You are literally comparing the two directly and contrasting them as being characteristic to one type of speech or another. 

The recent 2019 campus free speech law didn't really make sense -it was a solution in search of a problem - and it was signed anyway. And then it was ignored when convenient by the fascist who signed it to force universities to allow white supremacists on campus

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