This pretty much says it all. We have a long history of doing the wrong things for the right reasons. Anytime a policy is proposed, the questions to ask are 1) is this important enough to send someone with a gun to your neighbor's door to enforce it? And, 2) will the end result be better than the result from allowing free choice on this issue?
Good food for thought, Jim. Thank you.
Another writer whose work I enjoyed recently illustrated the Overton window shift and how this snail's pace creep of forfeiting responsibilities is just slow enough we don't raise a fuss. (Her article lauded Trump for ratcheting it back: https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/littlejohn-trump-has-blown-open-the-system-for-conservatives-everywhere/62304?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=2025-02-19&utm_campaign=Western+Standard+s+Daily+Newsletter, and I hope you don't hit the paywall.)
This pretty much says it all. We have a long history of doing the wrong things for the right reasons. Anytime a policy is proposed, the questions to ask are 1) is this important enough to send someone with a gun to your neighbor's door to enforce it? And, 2) will the end result be better than the result from allowing free choice on this issue?