originally, i had thought that they had come to the business to close it down and to make them wear masks.
that is not why they were there. they were there because the businesses were getting fed up with the draconian rules being imposed without due process, and they were having a meeting about what to do, so the health dept gets an "anonymous complaint" and brings the SHERRIF'S dept to break up the meeting.
so it is kind of a different situation than it seemed.
now, that being all said, yes. i would be upset.
if a private business tells people that they do no want people in the store with masks on, that is a private business and they can make any requirement they wish as long as it is not against the law. and i mean real laws here. that is the same as a business requiring customers to wear a mask. it is their right as the business.
to have the sherrif's dept come and tell them they cannot wear a mask is the exact same thing in reverse.
the sherrif's deputy came to break up a meeting of private businesses that were trying to figure out how to deal with these restrictions and they (the businesses) were coming up with a game plan. the gov didn't like that, and sent the health dept as the "official reason" as to their (deputy and health dept) presence there. they sent the sherrif deputy as intimidation. when the business tells them to get off his private property, screwball deputy (who is supposed to get the offender off the private property and side with the business), instead sides with the health dept drone. they try intimidation and the businesses were having none of it. they tell the deputy that they need to do their actual job and remove the offender (drone). obviously, they don't. so then they tell the deputy that unless they have a warrant, they all need to leave. the deputy then says they do not need a warrant, and that is when they remind him of his job and it gets louder and they make it clear they will not comply.
that is the quick sum up of what the video had. i'm going through all of that again so we don't get mixed up with the players and situation.
ok, so if a private business had put up a sign that said that customers could not wear a mask in their establishment, i would support it, as much as i dislike it. it isn't a dislike because i so badly want to wear a mask. it is a dislike out of principle. but, it is also a private business and they have the right to do as they please and have that requirement in their private property and business. i then have the choice to do business with the establishment or not or to talk with the owner and come to an agreement or not. it is the same situation we have currently where businesses are requiring masks to enter the establishment. i may not like that, but it is a private business and they can do as they wish.
the part that makes this as problem is the government's involvement at all. if a private business wants to put a rule for customers to conduct business, that is fine, regardless of what i think of it.
for the gov to impose a rule on the business, without the due process of an actual law, that is a whole different can of worms and not ok. one of the men even says this, basically. the deputy tried to make it sound like they were breaking the law. they knew they were not, and told him so. when he again says they are, the man tells him to arrest him, and to tell him the charges. that stumped the deputy because he knew he had no leg to stand on. the man then asks what law had he broken and when the deputy could not give him the law, they tell them to leave.
when this started, i had wondered how this was going to square with the many, many counties in the usa that actually have laws that say you cannot wear a mask (usually with a specific definition of which kind of masks) out in public. there are those laws, and the biggest reason is so that people cannot hide their identity as they break another law. this suddenly didn't seem to matter anymore. again, different can of worms.
there are no laws that say people must wear a mask. the state legislatures have not gone through the proper channels and actually made a law. if a private business had a rule that said that patrons could not wear a mask while in the store, that is fine. for the gov to come in and say that you cannot have a rule that says patrons must not wear a mask and then starts to try to intimidate the owner and tell them they are breaking the law.....yes, i would be just as angry.
does that make it more clear what i mean?