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Those that didn&#8217;t were vilified, even pushed around. Beneath their crimson brims they screamed of country. People without proper hats were scared to go outside. They had to sneak &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=777\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[3,4],"class_list":["post-777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poem-2","tag-poem","tag-poetry-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":760,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=760","url_meta":{"origin":777,"position":0},"title":"Quack Up","author":"Rick Young","date":"October 7, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Elmer and Daffy were acting up again, and, as always, sporting firearms. They were at a rally in the 'deep' south, a sea of bright red hats and dull pink faces. Alcohol had made their speech incomprehensible. Daffy: \"Sufferin' suckers' tax.\" Elmer: \"Kill da wabbit!\" (Roe v. Wade) Many tee\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Poem&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Poem","link":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?cat=16"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1591,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=1591","url_meta":{"origin":777,"position":1},"title":"Garden of the Fini Contendees","author":"Rick Young","date":"February 20, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Some nutcase in Nevada's gluing MAGA hats on pigeons. Next year this might be basis for many new religions. Please, Bernie, Liz, Pete, Amy, Joe, agree on a consensus. Or people caught not wearing hats might be encaged by fences. 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