Maybe I’m in the same boat. I’ve pretty much come to the end of my rope. I see the cowardice of our leaders, and the apathy of our citizens, and the vomitous degeneracy of our culture. This isn’t the America I loved and would have gladly given my life for. Not by a longshot. It’s become almost the mirror-opposite of everything it once was. The topic of politics and presidential races seem nothing more than darkly comic to me.
Everything I ever valued or cherished about this country is now spit upon. I’ve gradually gotten to the point where I don’t feel any connection or any sense of loyalty to the country as it currently exists. It’s like an ugly, foreign land to me. And I think the final breaking point for me will be next week when the SC imposes homo-marriage onto the country. It’s the symbol for me that America has finally embraced evil.
*"ought to be" for purists
I still marvel at the historical precedent. But it's dead Jim. I still marvel at independence, personal independence (not in the "a man can be an island" sense), which SOME people still dare to hold - see Rosa Parks, for example.
I have contempt for the political and legal institutions of this country, but I sure do love its people. The institutions are dishonest, arrogant, inhuman, spiteful. I certainly don't mean always and all of them - when the stakes are small or routine, the system works very very well. More than half of the police and judges are honest.
-- I think the final breaking point for me will be next week when the SC imposes homo-marriage onto the country. --
I have a law degree, with honors. I studied law. On social issues, the courts are long-gone. I can point out many cases where precedents are ignored or misconstrued in order to reach an outcome.
I'm not endorsing any particular "breaking point," beyond noting that the law is not the end-all be-all. Civil disobedience (emphasis on civil) is a celebrated practice - at bottom, it is ... independence! Practice it judiciously, and with love and care for your fellow man.