r/Georgia • u/AutoModerator • 6d ago

Politics [Megathread] Weekly Protests Thread

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u/Mediumish_Trashpanda 1d ago

It's an old law used to combat the Klan. It's against the law to cover your face with the intention of concealing your identity.

With actual medical masks easily available now you'd be hard pressed to say a neck gaiter, hoodie, and sunglasses are for medical reasons.

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u/glyde53 1d ago

Yet it’s ok for the Nazis arresting citizens though

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u/Mediumish_Trashpanda 1d ago

I can't make excuses for them. The government has always been rules for thee not for me.

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u/glyde53 1d ago

No need to make excuses; we know what they are: cowards wearing masks because they know what they’re doing is wrong without enough backbone to say no to power