Unfortunately I find myself living in a Red state that was until recently a swing state ( Obama won both elections). Now its a fascist state w homo/trans/ phobic bias as well as racist ( rewriting black history curriculum) and extremely liberal gun accessibility laws. The county I left be in just passed a “Sanctuary City” ordinance which means any person can n said county does not need obey any federal law that is unconstitutionally ( as applied by that individual’s understanding of the Constitution). Th local law enforcement leadership has agreed to support this. No one really knows what this all means or how it translates in real life. If a gun owner thinks the 2nd amendment allows open carry into any building despite federal laws, what happens to people’s safety?
Ironically this is the result of a county commissioner angered by being told he had to wear a mask during the early, non vaccine period of the pandemic. It interfered w that commissioner’s “freedom”, public health concerns be damned. The local county govt was mostly replaced w these anti democratic, autocratic individuals who are doing their best to turn people’s lives upside down. The newly elected school board member wants to institute school prayer, the Christian kind, and get rid of all those books that are diverse and address student’s interests. The next step is keep people who disagree from voting. This is the state of affairs.
Unfortunately I find myself living in a Red state that was until recently a swing state ( Obama won both elections). Now its a fascist state w homo/trans/ phobic bias as well as racist ( rewriting black history curriculum) and extremely liberal gun accessibility laws. The county I left be in just passed a “Sanctuary City” ordinance which means any person can n said county does not need obey any federal law that is unconstitutionally ( as applied by that individual’s understanding of the Constitution). Th local law enforcement leadership has agreed to support this. No one really knows what this all means or how it translates in real life. If a gun owner thinks the 2nd amendment allows open carry into any building despite federal laws, what happens to people’s safety?
Ironically this is the result of a county commissioner angered by being told he had to wear a mask during the early, non vaccine period of the pandemic. It interfered w that commissioner’s “freedom”, public health concerns be damned. The local county govt was mostly replaced w these anti democratic, autocratic individuals who are doing their best to turn people’s lives upside down. The newly elected school board member wants to institute school prayer, the Christian kind, and get rid of all those books that are diverse and address student’s interests. The next step is keep people who disagree from voting. This is the state of affairs.
✨Fortunately, I have lived in Europe for 34 years and feel relieved not to have to deal with that kind of P. R. ✨