I'm glad we're on the same page.
The most disconcerting part of all of this is not knowing. While the mandate is laid out in the article, what's done with those mandates is really, really up in the air. My nature is not to trust authority, so I tend to have worst-case scenarios play out in my head. The Seattle left a pretty big impression on me. I can't imagine how much worse it could have been had there been military there and I'm very seriously afraid of what might happen to people that are simply interested in having their voices heard.
At the same time, it's possible that this is still benign. It's possible that this isn't that last step I'm worried about. It might simply be a stumble in the wrong direction.
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