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   From: yak@inbox.com   
      
   On 3/5/21 11:06 AM, Bill Flett wrote:   
   > On 3/5/2021 8:02 AM, Yak wrote:   
   >> On 3/5/21 10:54 AM, Bill Flett wrote:   
   >>> On 3/5/2021 7:49 AM, Yak wrote:   
   >>>> On 3/5/21 10:00 AM, Rudy Canoza wrote:   
   >>>>> Great column by Krugman, whom I mostly dislike, on the identity   
   >>>>> politics of Republiscums refusing to wear masks:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>     Of course, we know what’s actually going on here: politics.   
   >>>>> Refusing to wear   
   >>>>>     a mask has become a badge of political identity, a barefaced   
   >>>>> declaration that   
   >>>>>     you reject liberal values like civic responsibility and belief   
   >>>>> in science.   
   >>>>>     (Those didn’t used to be liberal values, but that’s what they   
   >>>>> are in America   
   >>>>>     2021.)   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/04/opinion/coronavirus-mas   
   s.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Spot-on correct.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Freedom and liberty   
   >>>   
   >>>> works [sic] better.   
   >>>   
   >>> No, people thinking they are at liberty to do just whatever they   
   >>> want, when they want, doesn't work at all.  That leads to death.   
   >   
   > Your concession of defeat is noted.   
      
   Gavin Newsom appreciates your unwavering submission.   
      
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