The press and elected officials are pushing hard to establish a one size fits all society.
Restaurants that have followed protocol must end indoor dining. Not restaurants that have served alcohol to minors, or caused food poisoning, but all restaurants. Even the very best restaurants.
Mask protests?
Masks have been widely used & accepted.
Bars, restaurants, grocery stores and fitness centers had mask and sanitation protocols in place months ago. They are not trying to toss masks. They are trying to stay open the way they already have been in recent weeks.
The mask guilt trip is for people who have run out of things to say in discussing this.
Some have compared compliance with COVID restrictions to wearing a seatbelt or risking lives by DUI.
Even though DUI risks lives, the highways are still open for use by people who are not DUI.
People have earned a right to be skeptical
Will the press take a look at what people have been told by elected officials over the years?
We were told we needed to send troops to Vietnam to stay safe.
Syria, Lebanon, Somalia, Iraq, Afghanistan, etc.
In Washington State
Government is trusted to do the right thing:
Nov 30, 2020 OregonLive
Auditor: Washington state agency head slowing investigation into massive unemployment fraud
“…Investigation into massive fraud resulting in the theft of hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars.”
Why are voters presented with issues on the ballot that may not be legally decided by voters?
Every vote counts?
October 15, 2020 Crosscut
WA Supreme Court rules $30 car tab initiative is unconstitutional
Public Safety Dealbreaker
Washington State Patrol yields the right of way to protests on I-5.
July 5, 2020 KIRO 7
Death of I-5 protester sparks end of nighttime freeway protests
“But the Washington State Patrol looked the other way, even setting up barriers during the nearly three weeks of nighttime protests on the freeway.”
After enabling criminal conduct, WSP will no longer enable criminal conduct:
“Blocking a freeway is a crime and no longer are we going to enable that criminal conduct to continue,” said State Patrol Capt. Ron Mead, who made the decision to no longer close the interstate. “We are not going to be allowing protesters to access the freeway unimpeded, and there are consequences for criminal conduct.”
“State Patrol had shut down the interstate 19 nights in a row in response to protests, said Capt. Mead, who oversees the agency’s district that includes King County. For weeks, troopers operated in response to protesters’ movements, shutting down a stretch of the interstate when it looked as if protesters would enter the roadway.”
Governor Inslee,
Not disputing the mask requirement, but telling us that COVID-19 is a life and death concern requiring regular people to stay home from work and designating marijuana and booze sales as essential, may have made people wonder about the science here.
May 12th, 2020
Got it.
The state took money from some people, and gave it to some other people.
If your construction crew is working on a project based on any sort of voluntary exchange or honest demand for services, you might have to stay home for a while.
Safety valves being removed and forcing a one size fits all society
Different people make different choices. Some parents are OK with public schools. Some want to send their children to private schools. Some want to homeschool their kids. People get to move off in different directions. This is a safety valve.
People choose different churches to attend, or attend no church at all. This is a safety valve.
We don’t ask voters to pick the two most popular churches and make plans for government to eliminate the rest because they may be spreading misinformation.
Voting can act as a safety valve but voting is not changing the scene.
People want to keep their businesses open, but may not do so, even if they follow rules that have been previously established. All restaurants, no matter how well they follow protocol must end indoor dining.
Dec 8, 2020 KING5 News Video
Chehalis restaurant Spiffy’s faces over $67,000 in state fines for defying orders
Will the press ask about how a Governor makes a law?
Gov. Jay Inslee said, “for those business owners who are breaking the law, which they are doing by staying open, you should have to answer to your fellow business people that you are jeopardizing in a sense and being very unfair to.”
“The penalty is more than $9,000 each day they allow indoor dining. The total penalty due is now more than $67,000.”
Related:
Central Control & WA Lockdowns
One Size Fits All Society Experiment
Now People Don’t Want to Listen About Not Traveling for Thanksgiving
The Press Is Weak – Newspaper Revenue Down Compared To 20 Years Ago
Guilt Tripping & Scolding Update
Does the science still say WA marijuana and booze sales are essential?
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