“Wrong target. It’s not California. It’s the wackadoo infestation that’s gone viral in that state. They’re in the majority now, and will continue to enact contra-survival legislation until the place implodes in anarchy and violence.”
I’ve been beating that same drum for years now. If they ever walked around places like LA, San Diego, San Francisco, or Sacramento, they’d find that “native” Californians are as rare as hen’s teeth.
Telling most people on Free Republic that those California fruits and nuts they disparage are the kids they grew up with next door, or their long departed relative that no one speaks to anymore is a waste of time. They don’t want to hear it no matter how true it is. Of the 20 or so neighbors I have only about 6 have California ties of 1 generation or more. Hard for middle American to look at California and say “We have met the enemy and he is us......”
Honestly I don’t have a solution other than yours Ronnie. Wait until it crashes and pick up the pieces......it’s beginning to look like that will happen much sooner than later. A truely wild ride for those that take it.
That's very true. Native Californians are becoming more and more rare in their home state, it seems. Like me, many are doing the (formerly) unthinkable, and pulling themselves out of California by the roots. Essentially, they're simply being run out of the state.
As a native Californian, I grew up being used to newcomers to the state, and never gave much weight to the fact that some of us had a natural birthright to the existence and future direction of the place. The undefined and nebulous nature of California's cultural identity tended to make Californians susceptible to intrusions and take-overs by out of state and foreign interlopers.
There just has never been a strong enough sense of group identity and strong allegiance to the state amongst native Californians for them to put up a fight. This is brought into stark relief when comparing the culture and attitudes of native Texans to native Californians. Texans' forebears fought a war for independence to liberate themselves, and I believe that basic difference in their histories, is what separates the two.
Since living in Texas, I've often noted the fact that simple displays of state patriotism are common and widespread, while in California, they're rare. In all my half a century living in the state, I only once saw someone flying the California flag in their yard. If I had a dollar for every time I've seen that in Texas, I could buy a new house with cash.