[Westbrook]

> I thought Dems were against collective punishment.

Well, yeah, against islamic terrorists, illegal aliens, etc.

But for conservatives, they’d establish death camps for wholesale, industrial capacity slaughter.

Or, even simpler, just nuke the redneck areas.

That’s how insane they are.

[jmcenanly]

Or, even simpler, just nuke the redneck areas.
Does he realize that:
a): The population in those areas is widely dispersed.
b); That is where the farms are
I don't think that he has thought this through. If he carries out the plan, he is going to irradiate vast swaths of the country and destroy much of its food production capability. In a thermonuclear civil war, there are no winners, and the survivors are going to be very hungry.