Jeff, you sound like a person I would love to meet!
We stood our ground during the Covid intimidation in Colorado and we stood alone. On our first trip to South Dakota, it was shocking to be back in freedom and that made me mad because this IS still America although some states have forgotten that. We tell people in Colorado that we moved…
Jeff, you sound like a person I would love to meet!
We stood our ground during the Covid intimidation in Colorado and we stood alone. On our first trip to South Dakota, it was shocking to be back in freedom and that made me mad because this IS still America although some states have forgotten that. We tell people in Colorado that we moved back to America.
There is not a one-size fits all solution for every person but there is one thing you can never change....if you live in a socialist/communist state, your tax dollars support that agenda whether you like it or not. We all have to make our own decision about when/if it is time to stay and when it is time to leave. I never thought people could be as mean as what we saw during Covid in Colorado. Being back around normal people has been wonderful for our sanity. We are retired and don't want to spend the rest of our lives fighting a losing battle but if others want to stay and fight, that is their decision and it is the height of arrogance for them to tell me what I should have done.
No matter where you live, there is work to be done and we are being pro-active in S.D. Many people here take their freedom for granted and we are doing everything we can to educate them about how easily they could lose that freedom. Kristi Noem is a great governor but both of our Senators are part of the swamp that need to be sent packing. The battle will only end when our journey on this earth ends and we are safely in heaven with our Heavenly Father. We each need to pick a battle and fight it with gusto but we can't fight them all.
This reminds me of those cases you see on the news now and then where some giant corporation wants to build a hotel but some crusty, defiant, old guy refuses to sell despite being offered a fortune. So they build the giant twenty-story hotel around his property on three sides completely destroying his quality of life with sunshine blocked, lots of noise, and traffic. But he showed them who's boss (eye roll).
Like you said, we need to pick our battles. Many people quite naively think this is just another partisan spat but it is not. It is literally a fight between those who embrace totalitarianism (lock-downs, mandates, forced vaccination) and state-enforced hedonism (take your kids away if you object to trans ideology, forced denial of reality, militant homosexuality). These people are not kidding around, like the godless communists they are, they intend to impose this stuff on you whether you like it or not, at gunpoint if needed.
So people need to ask themselves, do I want to end up like the crusty old guy with a hotel on three sides if I lose? Or does it just make more sense to relocate to where people share my beliefs in God's plan for our lives? Keep in mind that you are making that decision for your kids too, not just you.
Edit: Adding that I'm not advocating that people just give up, but to take a hard look at reality when choosing your path. Discretion often is the better part of valor.
Jeff, you sound like a person I would love to meet!
We stood our ground during the Covid intimidation in Colorado and we stood alone. On our first trip to South Dakota, it was shocking to be back in freedom and that made me mad because this IS still America although some states have forgotten that. We tell people in Colorado that we moved back to America.
There is not a one-size fits all solution for every person but there is one thing you can never change....if you live in a socialist/communist state, your tax dollars support that agenda whether you like it or not. We all have to make our own decision about when/if it is time to stay and when it is time to leave. I never thought people could be as mean as what we saw during Covid in Colorado. Being back around normal people has been wonderful for our sanity. We are retired and don't want to spend the rest of our lives fighting a losing battle but if others want to stay and fight, that is their decision and it is the height of arrogance for them to tell me what I should have done.
No matter where you live, there is work to be done and we are being pro-active in S.D. Many people here take their freedom for granted and we are doing everything we can to educate them about how easily they could lose that freedom. Kristi Noem is a great governor but both of our Senators are part of the swamp that need to be sent packing. The battle will only end when our journey on this earth ends and we are safely in heaven with our Heavenly Father. We each need to pick a battle and fight it with gusto but we can't fight them all.
Thanks Carolyn, the feeling is mutual.
This reminds me of those cases you see on the news now and then where some giant corporation wants to build a hotel but some crusty, defiant, old guy refuses to sell despite being offered a fortune. So they build the giant twenty-story hotel around his property on three sides completely destroying his quality of life with sunshine blocked, lots of noise, and traffic. But he showed them who's boss (eye roll).
Like you said, we need to pick our battles. Many people quite naively think this is just another partisan spat but it is not. It is literally a fight between those who embrace totalitarianism (lock-downs, mandates, forced vaccination) and state-enforced hedonism (take your kids away if you object to trans ideology, forced denial of reality, militant homosexuality). These people are not kidding around, like the godless communists they are, they intend to impose this stuff on you whether you like it or not, at gunpoint if needed.
So people need to ask themselves, do I want to end up like the crusty old guy with a hotel on three sides if I lose? Or does it just make more sense to relocate to where people share my beliefs in God's plan for our lives? Keep in mind that you are making that decision for your kids too, not just you.
Edit: Adding that I'm not advocating that people just give up, but to take a hard look at reality when choosing your path. Discretion often is the better part of valor.
Agree, 100%.
Especially that our SD Senators and Representative are never to be trusted.