A couple of Red State's front page writers have been showing off their epidemiological cred by posting diaries advocating for forced quarantine of health workers returning from West Africa. Leon H. Wolf posted a diary today titled "Put Kaci Hickox Back In A Tent". As you can expect from the title, the diary generated many comments supporting Mr. Wolf's position.
One comment brought me up short:
tbone: "Just shoot her. I bet the next arrivals will self quarantine."
I thought that advocating violence would violate Red State's posting rules and draw a swift rebuke from the site moderators. But I would be wrong. There were no replies to this comment from any of the site moderators or from Leon Wolf.
It is not only the site moderators who seem to have no issue with this comment. This comment was the most liked comment in the diary.