I find all of this particularly disconcerting because I am used to going wherever, whenever by myself without a care or concern. Now I feel like Annie Oakley as I never leave home without carrying a firearm and my cell phone.
We go to Tanglewood in Pottsboro on occasion and so have to drive through Dallas. I always stay on the freeway system but hate the traffic. I know better than to wander from the main roads in any city now, except in parts of the hill country. My daughter was a house mother/counselor at a teen center in Dallas years ago and the stories she told even back them made my hair stand on end.
I do believe my generation has noticed our loss of freedom way more than young people who have never nor will they ever experience the freedom, flexibility and choices we have had. It remains to be seen in my generation will stand up and fight for what we’ve lost.
There is a tremendous number of people, especially in the suburban and rural areas who are just waiting for the Feds to make a foolish mistake so they will have reason to strike back. Lots of them have large families and even the teenagers understand why their fathers, uncles and grandfathers are so upset. They feel as if they have been betrayed by the very people they went to war to protect.
Sad times are here and it’s going to be quite a while before things change for the better. Study up about Agenda 21 so you understand what is happening locally with your city councils. And, of course pray.
Stay safe
So true. The younger generations won’t miss something they never had.
I alternate between feeling blessed that we grew up with such freedom and utter sadness to see it slip away so the younger people will never know what it was.
Truthfully, I’m not sure that even if we stand and fight, we can roll back the clock. So much has changed in 50/60 years. Things are so big and out of control it reminds me of trying to untangle a badly knotted fishing line.