<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Not to be melodramatic or anything, but maybe the red-state progressives should stay inside and put lambs blood above their doors for the next few weeks or months, just to be on the safe side: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagues_of_Egypt#10._Death_of_firstborn:_Ex._11:1%E2%80%9312:36">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagues_of_Egypt#10._Death_of_firstborn:_Ex._11:1%E2%80%9312:36</a></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, May 25, 2020 at 11:51 AM Marcus Daniels <<a href="mailto:marcus@snoutfarm.com">marcus@snoutfarm.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Russ wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><<span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> I would feel terrible if somehow as a result of my wishes, lots of red-state people ended up on ventilators. I want the red states themselves on ventilators, not
the flesh-and-blood individuals in those states. ><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">There are progressive individuals (and organizations) in red states.[1] I hope those individuals stay safe while the pandemic continues. I don’t hope that they
come out of their homes to help their locality and get sick in the process. Of course, some may have to put their health at risk just to eat and pay rent, no thanks to the preferences of their neighbors and local leaders. I don’t know what purpose your
categorization serves, other than as a way to express frustration. I also don’t want the people you mention above on ventilators or in ICUs, because these are scarce resources.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">[1] e.g. Southern Poverty Law Center, based out of Montgomery, Alabama<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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