Posted on 08/11/2020 9:45:24 AM PDT by servo1969
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources employees were told they must wear a face mask during at-home Zoom calls to ‘set a good example.’
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers issued a statewide mandatory mask mandate on August 1, but people are not required to wear a face covering in their own homes.
The head of Wisconsin’s DNR sent an email to employees reminding them that they must always wear a face mask, even while on a Zoom call.
The Kansas Star reported:
In an email to employees sent out on July 31, the head of Wisconsin’s Department of Natural Resources not only reminded employees of Gov. Tony Evers’ mask order going into effect on Aug. 1, he also said that every DNR employee must wear a mask … even while on a teleconference.“We ask staff to wear masks when on externally facing calls is that, taken out of context, a screenshot of a staff person or high ranking department official, if not properly attributed, could be misinterpreted to suggest that state employees are not properly following the Governor’s directive,” DNR spox Megan Sheridan said to McClatchy.“Also, wear your mask, even if you are home, to participate in a virtual meeting that involves being seen — such as on Zoom or another video-conferencing platform — by non-DNR staff,” Preston Cole said, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “Set the safety example which shows you as a DNR public service employee care about the safety and health of others.”
DNR spokeswoman Megan Sheridan spoke with McClatchy News and said that employees wearing masks while video conferencing with external partners sets a good example during the pandemic.
“By wearing a mask while video conferencing with the general public, we visually remind folks that masking is an important part of navigating the business of natural resources during this tumultuous time,” Sheridan said.
I’d refuse, and sue them for forcing excessive carbon dioxide exposure.
What is the legal precedent of the government mandating what you wear inside your home? When and where does this personal jihad against freedom stop?
Incrementally, piece by piece we are surrendering to totalitarianism.
To be made very uncomfortable for stupid optics is the highest form of bureaucratic dictatorship.
While they are there they should Hrummpph on the Zoom calls and then say “I didn’t get a Hrrummph” from him/her!”
My webcam isn’t working.
When I read stuff like this it’s like a cheap sci-fi movie. They live.
Political correctness is communist propaganda writ small. In my study of communist societies, I came to the conclusion that the purpose of communist propaganda was not to persuade or convince, nor to inform, but to humiliate; and therefore, the less it corresponded to reality the better. When people are forced to remain silent when they are being told the most obvious lies, or even worse when they are forced to repeat the lies themselves, they lose once and for all their sense of probity. To assent to obvious lies is to co-operate with evil, and in some small way to become evil oneself. One's standing to resist anything is thus eroded, and even destroyed. A society of emasculated liars is easy to control. I think if you examine political correctness, it has the same effect and is intended to.Frontpage Interview with Dr. Theodore Dalrymple: Our Culture, What’s Left Of It interviewed by Jamie Glazov [August 31, 2005]
This sounds like something Dilbet’s PHB would come up with.
Celebrate institutionalized insanity. Mindless obedience is the order of the day.
Stick a fork in me!
You must wear the government brand.
Once you obey a senseless irrational order, you are ready to obey the next order from Fascist Central, no matter what that order is.
“I’d refuse, and sue them for forcing excessive carbon dioxide exposure.”
You would lose.
Imagine the ego on these sociopaths. This Wuhanic Plague is giving everyone a chance to display their mental illness for all the world to see.
Or how about the TV reporters -—not within 10 feet of anyone-—who insist on face masks properly worn. When I see that, I know the management at that station/network/channel is not capable of making sane decisions, so I write them off. Nor can I understand them clearly.
A reporter with mask undone around their neck would be acceptable, if they’re into face masks, but not over their face. Idiocy abounds.
Tell these virtue signalling O-holes to shove it, real hard.
A mask? They’re lucky I even wear pants....
Efff em. Proudly wear a TRUMP mask.
Does not surprise me at all after seeing some drive in their cars alone wearing a mask. Another one is people doing yoga 20 feet apart then wearing a mask. How about seeing people walking alone with no one near wearing a mask.
This country has far too many sheep and a mask is only used if you cannot be apart for 6 feet
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