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A comment on California governor issues statewide 'stay at home' order. Parent comment

Re:California governor issues statewide 'stay at home' order by chasd00 on Friday March 20, 2020 @10:09AM (#22637606)
forcing it means armed rebellion, Americans don't handle freedom taken away by force very well.
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Re:California governor issues statewide 'stay at home' order by firstimeluser on Friday March 20, 2020 @02:07PM (#22639821)
No it doesn't. 99.999% of Americans aren't going to respond with violence if the national guard enforces a quarantine.

This is the most ridiculous fantasy a subset of HN users love to bring up, but there is just absolutely no chance that this happens in any meaningful way.

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