Clever! There’s only one problem. Abbott’s administration lifted the mask mandate. They didn’t ban masks. The point behind the flag is a dare for a government to attempt to take something away from the people by force. The Texans used the message to dare the Mexican army to come and take a cannon from the Texans during their war. Before that, it was “Molon Labe,” which means “come and take them,” which was attributed to King Leonidas when the Persian army demanded the Spartans give up their weapons. All that to say that the phrase has a proud history of being used as a way for independent people to voice defiance against an opponent attempting to force them into compliance and servitude.