<div>Agreed. Living overseas full time as an American I feel like I am constantly apologizing for something. Also, everyone assumes i know everything about firearms.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div id="protonmail_signature_block" class="protonmail_signature_block">Joe Dalessandro <caret></caret></div> <div><br></div><div><br></div><div id="protonmail_mobile_signature_block"><div>Sent from ProtonMail Mobile</div></div> <div><br></div><div><br></div>On Tue, Dec 8, 2020 at 10:16, Tom Johnson <<a href="mailto:tom@jtjohnson.com" class="">tom@jtjohnson.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="protonmail_quote" type="cite"> <div dir="ltr">Oh, how I wish Americans weren't so stupid.<div><br clear="all"><div><img width="0" height="0" class="chq-track-image" alt="" style="display:flex; border: 0; width: 0px; height: 0px" src="https://www.cloudhq-mkt9.net/mail_track/mail/4410a7540f47d2fc72_1607383068799?uid=226430"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><br>============================================<br>Tom Johnson - <a href="https://www.cloudhq-mkt9.net/mail_track/link/4410a7540f47d2fc72_1607383068799?uid=226430&url=mailto%3Atom%40jtjohnson.com">tom@jtjohnson.com</a><br>Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA<br>505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h)<br><a href="https://www.cloudhq-mkt9.net/mail_track/link/4410a7540f47d2fc72_1607383068799?uid=226430&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnmfog.org"><b><font color="#0b5394">NM Foundation for Open Government</font></b></a><br><b><font color="#0000ff">Check out <a href="https://www.cloudhq-mkt9.net/mail_track/link/4410a7540f47d2fc72_1607383068799?uid=226430&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpages%2FIts-The-Peoples-Data%2F1599854626919671">It's The People's Data</a></font></b> </div><div>============================================</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Dorothy Bracey</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:dhbracey@comcast.net">dhbracey@comcast.net</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Dec 7, 2020 at 3:15 PM<br>Subject: Fwd: Arriving in the US from Australia during Covid was like walking through the looking glass<br>To: Tom Johnson <<a href="mailto:tom@jtjohnson.com">tom@jtjohnson.com</a>><br></div><br><br><u></u>
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From: Sylvia Tiersten <<a href="https://www.cloudhq-mkt9.net/mail_track/link/4410a7540f47d2fc72_1607383068799?uid=226430&url=mailto%3Adedlinesyl%40gmail.com">dedlinesyl@gmail.com</a>>
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Read the comments too. It’s all pretty chilling. One of them that really got to me is:
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<span style="color:#2c2c2c;font-family:'Guardian Text Sans Web',sans-serif;font-size:18px;background-color:#ffffff">“I can’t begin to imagine what it’s like to be Canadian and have the US as a neighbor.” </span>
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<br>Arriving in the US from Australia during Covid was like walking through the looking glass
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