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This sort of thing can be a real problem when you are in a minority group and the majority doesn't care about the concept of freedom. It may be a gun issue in CA now, but a couple of years ago this happened to me and property I own over a zoning issue. The damned Democrats played their "it's called democracy and we voted card".43% sounds like a lot. But it probably isn’t since on a bigger scale. maybe a few hundred or so more?
Yawn, they let it happen
Sadly, too many don't know the difference between democracy and representative republic. And which of the two we should be striving to live under.This sort of thing can be a real problem when you are in a minority group and the majority doesn't care about the concept of freedom. It may be a gun issue in CA now, but a couple of years ago this happened to me and property I own over a zoning issue. The damned Democrats played their "it's called democracy and we voted card".
What they really should try to is ban private ownership of all firearms in NY and CA. All of them, just like Feinswine said 'turn em all in'. Forget incrementalism, just try it the socialist 'go for the gusto' route
the level of non compliance would be epic, not to mention the political fallout.......and when all guns are turned in that means all. No special security details for politicians, actors and their families. Nobody. Let them live in fear just like the rest of the people. Once a few of them loose their lives maybe someone will get the message.
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My intentions exactly.the level of non compliance would be epic, not to mention the political fallout
This sort of thing can be a real problem when you are in a minority group and the majority doesn't care about the concept of freedom. It may be a gun issue in CA now, but a couple of years ago this happened to me and property I own over a zoning issue. The damned Democrats played their "it's called democracy and we voted card".
Please take a minute to think about this in depth rather than just tossing it off and declaring "it can't happen here". Because it can happen here.
It can, and will likely, happen here. The demographics are just too significant. The emigration into the state, especially from the north, from the Great Lake states, and the techies coming from California, it's just a matter of time. The only hope is that the rural counties maintain the traditional conservative base and at least get a decent proportion of conservatives into the state and US house.
Its also important to note that many coming here are coming here because they left those places for the very reason we are discussing, so there is an upside. Many want to come here as they see better gun laws, etc.
Its also important to note that many coming here are coming here because they left those places for the very reason we are discussing, so there is an upside. Many want to come here as they see better gun laws, etc.
IDK. I'm from a long line of Charlotteans and the bigger it gets, the more liberal it becomes.
IDK. I'm from a long line of Charlotteans and the bigger it gets, the more liberal it becomes.
This is true of RTP/The Triangle as well. A lot of these people aren't here because of draconian laws or policies or politics in their states, they come here because of the economic climate, the cost of living, and the weather. A lot of these people want the same thing they had, but here.
bingo. I've heard people say "I really miss Jersey....except the weather" as they want us to work on their half-million dollar suburban home they acquired thru upward trending value of their dump they left back in NJ.
We moved here about 15 or so years ago. It was work, pretty much a new job as I had been there 3 weeks when it was announced, that brought me here. I don't think I ever wanted to make it, or change it to be like where I come from, which was a relatively conservative, republican leaning part of OH. Instead I embraced the culture and developed an appreciation for it. Of course I moved to a moderately sized city (High Point) and worked in the little town of Archdale, which is quickly rural once you leave the town proper. Somewhere along the way people stopped asking, "where are you from originally?", and started asking, "your originally from here, right?" It's about the time I stopped hearing about "you Yankees" and instead heard about "those Yankees".I hear stuff like this all. The. Time. And when I hear crap like, "Man, you can't get a decent fill-in-your-favorite-regional-food-here....", I tell them the interstates have north-bound and west-bound lanes. Yes, many of these people want to import their little slice of Shangri-La to NC.
To be fair...I have a lot of friends who left 'bad' states for the right reasons and want no part of it. I don't want to come off like I am painting with a broad brush.
best one is "I can't garden in this clay, its so hard blahblah to landscape in NC, etc" and I'm like so you miss that 2 months of summer growing season back in the upstate of NY eh? Well... Its still up there and you know how to get backI hear stuff like this all. The. Time. And when I hear crap like, "Man, you can't get a decent fill-in-your-favorite-regional-food-here....", I tell them the interstates have north-bound and west-bound lanes. Yes, many of these people want to import their little slice of Shangri-La to NC.
To be fair...I have a lot of friends who left 'bad' states for the right reasons and want no part of it. I don't want to come off like I am painting with a broad brush.
My wife, whose the gardener, just realized that it takes more effort to amend the soil. Here, you can have flowers year round or even a garden if you do it right.best one is "I can't garden in this clay, its so hard blahblah to landscape in NC, etc" and I'm like so you miss that 2 months of summer growing season back in the upstate of NY eh? Well... Its still up there and you know how to get back
The emigrants (not generalizing on all, just an opinion) to the Carolinas want to escape the oppressive government in their respective states. However, once they are established in their adopted state, they start wanting to have the same stuff that they had in their old states such as: “we need a park with this and that for the children” and before you know it, leftists politicians will pop up and start promising this and that. In no time “common sense” gun control becomes the main subject and the leftists politicians will gladly oblige to control the sheep.
We moved here about 15 or so years ago. It was work, pretty much a new job as I had been there 3 weeks when it was announced, that brought me here. I don't think I ever wanted to make it, or change it to be like where I come from, which was a relatively conservative, republican leaning part of OH. Instead I embraced the culture and developed an appreciation for it. Of course I moved to a moderately sized city (High Point) and worked in the little town of Archdale, which is quickly rural once you leave the town proper. Somewhere along the way people stopped asking, "where are you from originally?", and started asking, "your originally from here, right?" It's about the time I stopped hearing about "you Yankees" and instead heard about "those Yankees".
Now I will admit that there were a few items I missed at first that I couldn't find in the grocery store, but I really couldn't tell you what they were, with the exception of maybe cottage ham. There were also new things that I discovered I like.
10 years MAXBecause it can happen here
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What I find interesting is that some folks that have the strongest accents are not native and others that are native have little or no accent. Several years ago I was told I sounded like someone born in the South that moved to the Midwest. Now, I don't notice an accent in anybody local. I do notice a difference in other (southern regions), but it's not as pronounced as it used to be, while NE and even Midwest (lack of) accent is more pronounced.Given her NY/Great Lakes accent, though, she'll never be mistaken for a native.
What I find interesting is that some folks that have the strongest accents are not native and others that are native have little or no accent. Several years ago I was told I sounded like someone born in the South that moved to the Midwest. Now, I don't notice an accent in anybody local. I do notice a difference in other (southern regions), but it's not as pronounced as it used to be, while NE and even Midwest (lack of) accent is more pronounced.
Good point. There is a difference between dialect and accent. If I take the Yankee - Dixie quiz (one can google it) using the words I now use, I score as a southern speaker. One thing that is curious is that a lot of the expressions in the quiz have commonality between the south and Midwest while being different in other areas. For example, a sub sandwich, which is used in both places in other areas it's called a hoagie or a grinder.But even though I don't have an accent, my dialect, the words I use, etc., is from eastern NC.
When my wife is around people from western NY, her accent is much worse.
Sadly, too many don't know the difference between democracy and representative republic. And which of the two we should be striving to live under.
A democracy is two foxes and a chicken deciding what to have for supper.
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