You want your country back? Start at the local level. Make it count. The state level is 50x less corruptible than the federal, but its easy to target. The local level is a magnitude more difficult to keep a firm grasp of, if we the people make it so.
I don't like the idea of leaving this to the local level if you can prevent it at the state level. Preventing jurisdictions from having injection mandates is not the same as mandating that people can't get the injections if they want. Notwithstanding the fact that we should be getting involved at the local level, the truth of the matter is that not all people can easily move to a new community just like that. People put down roots, and societal/economical structures exist that make it difficult to relocate.
Imagine that you moved your family and bought a new house to start a new job, then few months later the town you moved to voted 51% - 49% that people with your religion can't work in that town. That's not something you could have anticipated when you made the move; you might not even have conceived of it as a possibility. You couldn't possibly have thought, "Gee, it's a bit of a gamble to move here because I might be forced to choose between my religion and my family's well-being" and entered that into your calculations before moving.
Considering how important the issue of injection mandates is to the people on this board, and that this same group don't generally find elections to be all that secure, I don't know why they would want to leave this particular issue to be subject to a local tyranny of the majority, or worse yet, the tyranny of the majority of mysterious 3 A.M. ballots.
That said, I don't think not explicitly preventing local mandates automatically qualifies a candidate as a RINO, especially before taking office and taking official action.
I suppose we've already seen local jurisdictions do this to an extent in Florida, where some schools/locales acted in opposition to DeSantis.
It's a good point that this is better settled by the legislature, but I think I'd rather have stronger signaling from the executive branch also, especially since a single individual has more total influence.
I'm not pooh-poohing local action, but then I like to have my cake and eat it too. In the immortal words of the little girl from the Old El Paso commercial, ¿Por qué no los dos?
It's mostly shill narrative push, and our side is easy to dupe on this one because we are provider types who tend to lock on to the worst scenarios. Many are also still traumatized from the Obama area where many "Tea Party" candidates ended up being Deep State infiltrators. It's hard to reconcile that we are no longer in that era.
But the shill-push narrative still takes hold anyone among our side because many were programmed by the trauma of the Obama era. Can't fight the programming sometimes.
Shills are pushing two lies (that some on our side are eager to absorb): "They let us win" (BS -- the Left gives nothing especially not a prize like Virginia) and "We've been duped".
Again, Trump said things our side didn't like, but his actions were always 100% for us. Actions speak louder than words. People need to calm down and let Youngkin and the rest actually become governor before they judge them.
Youngkin can only say things as this point (which the Left is happy to twist and let their shills use against us). He can't do anything until he's sworn in. So when a shill comes in crying, "OMG. We're dooooOOOOOooooomed! We've been betrayed. He's a rino" we should have the sense to tell them to f off.
Pay attention to the actions. Obama said "nice" things to his worshippers, but his actions painted a very different and dark picture.
I judge by actions, not words. I will judge Youngkin when he can actually do something in office. Right now he can only talk.
People need to stop letting themselves get duped by shills-pushed narratives and think logically.
You want your country back? Start at the local level. Make it count. The state level is 50x less corruptible than the federal, but its easy to target. The local level is a magnitude more difficult to keep a firm grasp of, if we the people make it so.
Make your COUNTY great again.
I don't like the idea of leaving this to the local level if you can prevent it at the state level. Preventing jurisdictions from having injection mandates is not the same as mandating that people can't get the injections if they want. Notwithstanding the fact that we should be getting involved at the local level, the truth of the matter is that not all people can easily move to a new community just like that. People put down roots, and societal/economical structures exist that make it difficult to relocate.
Imagine that you moved your family and bought a new house to start a new job, then few months later the town you moved to voted 51% - 49% that people with your religion can't work in that town. That's not something you could have anticipated when you made the move; you might not even have conceived of it as a possibility. You couldn't possibly have thought, "Gee, it's a bit of a gamble to move here because I might be forced to choose between my religion and my family's well-being" and entered that into your calculations before moving.
Considering how important the issue of injection mandates is to the people on this board, and that this same group don't generally find elections to be all that secure, I don't know why they would want to leave this particular issue to be subject to a local tyranny of the majority, or worse yet, the tyranny of the majority of mysterious 3 A.M. ballots.
That said, I don't think not explicitly preventing local mandates automatically qualifies a candidate as a RINO, especially before taking office and taking official action.
I suppose we've already seen local jurisdictions do this to an extent in Florida, where some schools/locales acted in opposition to DeSantis.
It's a good point that this is better settled by the legislature, but I think I'd rather have stronger signaling from the executive branch also, especially since a single individual has more total influence.
I'm not pooh-poohing local action, but then I like to have my cake and eat it too. In the immortal words of the little girl from the Old El Paso commercial, ¿Por qué no los dos?
DeSantis did it right. This guy looks like a RINO. He needs to prove himself.
It's mostly shill narrative push, and our side is easy to dupe on this one because we are provider types who tend to lock on to the worst scenarios. Many are also still traumatized from the Obama area where many "Tea Party" candidates ended up being Deep State infiltrators. It's hard to reconcile that we are no longer in that era.
But the shill-push narrative still takes hold anyone among our side because many were programmed by the trauma of the Obama era. Can't fight the programming sometimes.
Shills are pushing two lies (that some on our side are eager to absorb): "They let us win" (BS -- the Left gives nothing especially not a prize like Virginia) and "We've been duped".
Again, Trump said things our side didn't like, but his actions were always 100% for us. Actions speak louder than words. People need to calm down and let Youngkin and the rest actually become governor before they judge them.
Youngkin can only say things as this point (which the Left is happy to twist and let their shills use against us). He can't do anything until he's sworn in. So when a shill comes in crying, "OMG. We're dooooOOOOOooooomed! We've been betrayed. He's a rino" we should have the sense to tell them to f off.
Pay attention to the actions. Obama said "nice" things to his worshippers, but his actions painted a very different and dark picture.
I judge by actions, not words. I will judge Youngkin when he can actually do something in office. Right now he can only talk.
People need to stop letting themselves get duped by shills-pushed narratives and think logically.
Except red areas have been licking the balls of the corporations since Reagan and the corporations hate both you and freedom