We Don’t Need Florida and We Don’t Want DeSantis
Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart
Florida does not produce anything needed by the other 49
states. Florida welcomes tourism from our states, and without tourism it would
be a large ghost town.
The policies of their Governor, Ron DeSantis, do not resemble
the values and principles of my state and most others. He is clearly a racist, a
fascist, a homophobe, and literally hates the people he invites to his state. But
he needs their money.
Let’s remove statehood from the “Sunshine State.”
OF COURSE, I’M NOT SERIOUS
My daughter and her family live in Florida. More accurately,
they exist in Florida. The weather is horrible: hot and humid. Other than
public beaches, the average Floridian cannot afford the theme parks and other
attractions designed to captivate the interest of tourists.
My daughter and her daughters are progressive and have
difficulty with many of those in authority whose thought process is often aimed
in a backwards direction. I admire my daughter and son-in-law for raising two
young women who are extremely intelligent, and are encouraged to use free
thought and the facts available to form decisions about their own lives.
It is no surprise that they object to DeSantis’ efforts to
remove all books from schools and libraries which offer the truth about our
nation’s people now, and in the past. They cannot understand his hatred for the
LGBTQ community, or why DeSantis has chosen to wage war against transgender
children. Most of all they are angry about his attitude towards women and their
fight for equality. After they attended one of the Women’s Marches in 2017, my
daughter told her girls that America has never had a woman president, The
youngest was very upset and screamed “what!”
I know you can tell by my rants that I could never live
where I wasn’t wanted, including all red states or the purple state of Florica.
I am not a Democrat or a Republican. I define myself as a “progressive
independent.”
THE OLDER I GET, THE MORE DISAPPOINTED I BECOME IN THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE
Of course I read a lot. I listen to the opinions of others
on television. I never watch “news” on television, I demand the truth. Although
I may not always like it, I want to hear what all Americans have to say about
everything.
That said, I can only assume that Trump supporters, and
supporters of Ron DeSantis, are the least informed people in our nation. Their
opposition to the very core beliefs of our Founding Fathers is unforgivable.
Whether they like it or not, America is becoming a more
beautiful nation every year. Not only is our original diverse population growing,
the number of relationships between Americans of different colored skin,
ethnicity, sexual orientation, and even faiths have become the norm.
This does not represent Trump’s image of America’s future.
I am disappointed because growing up in Los Angeles in the
1950’s and 1960’s, I was aware of the difficulty faced by men and women of
color in the Deep South and elsewhere, but I believed the situation would
improve with each generation. I was wrong.
I underestimated the fact that millions of parents teach
their children hatred in many parts of our country. Hate is such a strong and
foolish emotion, once someone has grown up with dark and unwarranted beliefs,
change becomes difficult.
This fact alone is why I despise Donald Trump. He moved our
nation backwards over four long years, and it will take twice as long to repair
the damage.
Finally, voting is our most important right, but it is also
a responsibility. Please make voting in every election a priority. November 5th
will decide which path our nation will take for the remainder of the 21st
century.
Op-ed by James Turnage
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