> Sometimes property rights have to go to the back of the bus. So to speak. People need to push back, even in ways that make them a PITA. <
Yes, that is a fair point. But one can go overboard. Leftists do that all the time, and are rightly criticized for it.
I don’t like mandatory mask policies. As I noted earlier, if a store has one I’ll go shop somewhere else. But suppose I was moved to do more? In that case, I’d protest publicly on the easement in front of the store. I’d hold a sign, and state my case to anyone who cared to listen.
And I’d organize email drives and boycotts.
But I wouldn’t go all drama queen, and make the jobs of store employees more difficult. After all, those guys didn’t set policy. Harassing them is the easy way out.
Going overboard is precisely what makes things change. An equal counter force only maintains the needle at the same position; it’s the stronger counter force that moves the needle. Mao got this when he said that political power comes out of the barrel of a gun. I admit I would’t go as far as the Costco man in the story, but this time last year I was routinely walking into big box stores unmasked, basically daring the manager to do something about it. No one ever did. I’m not a resistance hero, obviously: we all have to pick our battles. But resistance at some level is vital, or they will roll us up like a rug.
Re: 34 - I’m sorry this has to be said, but there are an increasing number of FReepers that don’t believe in private property rights. Conditions on private property that don’t run afoul of the ADA, or Civil Rights Act of 1964, etc will be followed - if some FReepers feel like following the conditions.
These may be some of the same people who would squawk if FedGov or StateGov restricted their private property rights.