So, as long as the governor's policy agrees with you, you don't mind him overriding local governments?
And, as long as the president's policy agrees with you, you don't mind him overriding state government, I'm guessing.
And, extending here a little, if the UN's vote was to your liking, you wouldn't mind the UN overriding the U.S. government?
Do you consider yourself a conservative, HB?
I ask because conservatives have since forever held up the idea that issues should be dealt with at the most local level possible. When did that become no longer the case?
CW- read what you just said.
in a choice ( that’s the key-choice) between local government and state, or state and federal- I tend usually favor the smaller or more local government- REGARDLESS of my personal position.
But that is not the debate- or at least it shouldn’t be. On some things- it should go beyond government and down to individual choice. Personal choice, and the government needs to stay out of it.
That’s why this is not really political to me, although our nation seems to be polarized, and aligned politically, around many issues of individual freedom versus government control.
That’s why what the governor did happens to be favorable to me. Not because I agree with one side of the other but because I feel very strongly that the issue of having to wear masks should be a personal choice and decided at the individual level and not by the government. So in a fact the governor put it in the peoples hands.
Now if you want to debate whether this specific issue should be in the peoples hands, that is absolutely fair debate, and one for which I can respect both sides of that argument. But it is not a political argument as much as it is a question of individual freedoms, at least to me and obviously many others. Unfortunately because politicians take sides on this issue we gravitate towards the politicians but I could not care less about what the governor says other than in this case he is trying to promote individual decision making on this particular issue, which I happen to strongly agree with.
It would be hard for me to call myself a conservative. While there are many things that I might align with there-there are also many things that go very counter to what most conservatives would think. I am a big believer and supporter of human rights, including LGBTQ, minorities, and those who are poor or need assistance.
Also, We should be able to have this conversation, like you and I are right now, without going crazy and name-calling and making grandiose statements and things like that. Most of us are quite able to do that.
