Cities’ rights
While I deplore — no, I detest — the decision by the mayor and city council of Columbus to not fly the state flag on municipal buildings, I believe it is within their rights to do so. To me it is a knee-jerk, spineless, politically-correct response to a manufactured problem, unworthy of the time and effort currently being spent on it. I don’t have to spend my money in Columbus since I disagree with their decision, but that’s like saying a spit in the ocean makes a difference in the water level.
I support States’ Rights, and by extension “Cities’ Rights”, as long as the two don’t conflict. Also, I don’t believe that cities with heavy populations should impose their morals on lightly populated surrounding countrysides. Local people know best what laws will govern them effectively and efficiently.
For example, California has most of its population concentrated in a few cities that are extremely liberal, while the more open country there is very conservative. Laws that might be necessary in the cities are entirely wrong for the country. Several counties in some states have tried to secede from those states to form new states that are better suited to the people in the counties.
Recently a car driven by a black man was run off the road, and he died. He and his passenger, also black, had attended a pro-Confederate rally. Will the Department of (in)Justice investigate this as a “hate crime”? Don’t hold your breath. The people who ran them off the road are black and the deceased supported the “Confederate Battle Flag.” Both conditions do not meet the criteria for a hate crime because they are politically incorrect. If they had opposed the “CBF”, and/or the killers were white, the NAACP, the DOJ, the “reverend” race-baiters, and the national news media would be all over this like stink on a road-kill skunk.
Black people seem to be more belligerent now when being stopped by police officers. Several incidents nationwide have cause riots and much property damage because a black person died at the hands of police. Sometimes, the deaths were justified, sometimes not, but that doesn’t excuse the disrespectful attitude shown by some. The place to argue an officer’s actions is the court room, not on the streets.
Ever since Barack Hussein Obama became President, racial relations in America have hit all-time lows. Selective enforcement of “civil rights” laws and violations have become the norm. People complain about absentee ballot abuses, until that gets them elected. We have got to pull together and put America first if this nation is to survive the trivial assaults upon our future. “Gay marriage” won’t mean crap if this country loses its foundation and is taken over by communism or Islam, or anything else other than capitalism and our Constitution.
The polls will soon be open. Go and cast an intelligent, informed ballot for the future of America, starting at home.
Cameron Triplett
Brooksville
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