I was just harassed and called a “psycho cunt” for telling a young man at my neighborhood grocery store #HEB in #Texas to wear a mask as required by local ordinance and signage in the store. #COVID19 cases are spiking in #Houston #Texas
2/ It’s my day off. I had to pick up prescriptions. I’ve been traveling, so I wore an N95 mask and goggles to protect myself and others. I told the man I have been on #COVID19 units and that the risk is real. I also said we’re all #Texans
3/ I’m a registered Independent and a Christian. I just traveled to cover an @realDonaldTrump rally in #Tulsa. Regardless of what you think of me, #MSM or #FakeNews, this guy broke the law.
4/ I have lived in #Houston #Texas eight years; shopped at this #Montrose #Heb pharmacy for most of them. No person deserves to be called names for demanding that public health laws be enforced. The #mask ordinance here is clearly not being enforced.
5/I’ve received messages from readers blaming me as a #journalist for exposing people to #COVID19 - but I ALWAYS wear an N 95 mask. Today I also wore goggles. And reporters are considered essential workers. #Journalismisnotacrime
6/ I did not name call, but I did call this man out on his sexist, hateful language because Isaiah 54:17 “No weapon that is formed against you shall prosper and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment you shall condemn.”
7/ These #maskup signs are posted throughout the store, including at the pharmacy. When I pointed to the sign, he lifted his shirt over his mouth, then asked staff for a mask.
8/ I told the guy I’d been on a #COVID19 unit - this one. I called the doctor there today. They have doubled in size and are full, including one of the nurses I wrote about, a single mom. #maskup latimes.com/world-nation/s…
9/ This grocery store has numerous managers and security. No one responded.
10/ I’ve covered events/people not wearing masks where they had the right to do so. You go in a store, or on a plane, and you’re agreeing to wear one. Question is: Who’s going to enforce it? Airlines I’ve flown have not.
11/The guy who called me a “psycho cunt” was white; so was the male manager. I reported them to the city. I’m not a #Karen I’m a woman who stands up against sexism (and racism too, btw). Before you name call #read
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