There’s an editorial in today’s Houston Chronicle:

Scofflaws.  That’s the word I’ve been hunting for months.  I checked the official definition just to be sure it meant what I thought it meant – something Republicans don’t do near enough.

Scofflaw means “a person who flouts the law, especially by failing to comply with a law that is difficult to enforce effectively.”  I guess I’ve heard it used for parking tickets or parking in handicapped zones without a sticker.  They scoff at the law, and by golly it’s a word.

The article has an interesting thought.

The opposition may be noisy, but they are out of step with the overwhelming majority of Texans who see the wisdom using facial coverings to limit the spread of the virus. In a Quinnipiac University survey released late last month, 80 percent of voters said they approved of Abbott’s face mask order. Only 19 percent said they disapproved.

So, 19% are driving the whole you-can’t-make-me-wear-a-mask thing.  We can take ’em, y’all. We can wrestle them to the grown and take them down to the river and baptize them with the truth.  And make them pay $250 for the honor.

I can go with that.