Posted on 04/22/2021 11:09:55 AM PDT by george76
Minneapolis is my home. My happiest memories are here. It’s where I learned to ride a bike, had my first date, received my high school diploma.
But today, I’m too afraid to even walk in my neighborhood by myself.
The ACE Hardware down the street? The one that I used to bike to in the summer? Robbed twice in the past five days.
The Walgreens next to my elementary school? Molotov cocktail thrown into it.
The Lake Harriet Bandshell, where we spent countless Mother’s Days? Homeless encampment popped up next door.
These are the things you don’t read about in the news.
Ten minutes from my house, at 38th and Chicago, there is still an autonomous zone. Police are not allowed to enter. Residents have died because medical authorities couldn’t get through, and carjackers (of which there are MANY) will speed into the zone to escape officer pursuit.
My favorite dinner theater canceled its production of Cinderella because it was “too white.”
My church — my beloved, tiny, Lutheran church — organized social justice marches for our congregation while refusing to reinstate in-person services (they’re still virtual, by the way).
And how about the week of the 2020 riots?
We lived under a curfew for days while looters seemingly roamed freely. Friends fled their home at 3:30 a.m. because the auto parts store behind them was on fire. And then we watched in horror as our City Council members demanded that the city defund the police — as they hired armed security for themselves.
I no longer recognize Minneapolis. I no longer want to live here. We are done, and I am leaving.
I’ve spent the past year watching this city crumble. Burning it wasn’t enough, I guess. Every day, I watched another piece of sanity and stability fall to the hysterical, bloodthirsty, self-righteous mob.
You distinguish between rioters and protestors? Racist. You do not want Marxist-inspired racial justice theories to be promoted in schools? Racist. You thought that maybe “Justice for George Floyd” should be left to the courts, and not mob rule? Super, super racist.
And where were our leaders providing stability and calm and confidence in the system? Nowhere to be found. What we did find were crazed politicians spouting fire and brimstone (I’m looking at you, Maxine Waters and John Thompson) and leaving us to pay the price.
Let me be clear: this city’s demise wasn’t just violent protests and burning buildings, or crime skyrocketing and businesses fleeing. It was also political indoctrination, hypocritical leadership, and the suppression of oppositional thought.
Any condemnation of the violence was denounced as “racist.” Billboards stating simply “Support MN Police” were brutally vandalized. Schools supported BLM walkouts for their students, then shut down in-person classes for fear of violent riots.
And all of this happened against the backdrop of our illogical, inconsistent, overly oppressive COVID-19 restrictions.
It’s easy to look at (for lack of a better word) disaster zones like these and mentally distance yourself from them. Yeah, that’s awful, but those people choose to live there. They’re the ones electing these leaders. This is their problem.
Yeah, it is. It is our problem.
And I can’t help but look around and wonder, “What happened here? Where exactly did it all go wrong?”
Was it the liberal mob? Identity politics? The cries of “RACIST!” when someone disagreed with a particular reaction or policy?
Was it conservative silence as the loudest voices got more and more radical?
Was it our acceptance that “we live in a blue area, this is just the way things are?”
How did it all happen so fast?
Whatever it was, I’m leaving this dark, surreal, twisted version of Minneapolis on Friday. And I pray to God that I never have to come back.
“Maybe the welfare was real good and word got around …”
Bingo. And Obama brought them a very large Somali underclass. The good people of Minnesota welcomed them all.
She actually sounds like part of the problem...
Dear Ms. Bureau.
You will want to avoid Red States as they are full vicious, heavily armed, unenlightened, knuckle dragging conservatives.
And mosquitos! Don’t forget the mosquitos.
Please feel free to move another Blue State.
Thanks!
A Southerner.
Thank you. It moved.
Thanks for this link! It works!
Yeah I haven’t been exactly quiet
If you are a FReeper, may I suggest Florida?
Given that she writes for a website that bills itself as “right-minded,” I doubt very much she votes for Democrats.
I admire your perseverance. I left California (the home of many, many generations of my family) 25 years ago when the Left really went all out to ruin what was once the most beautiful place to live in America— and when I left it wasn’t near as bad as you describe your town, though now it is unlivable there.
The author is moving. Not me. Staying in Colorado.
In the absence of law enforcement, a person MUST take it on themselves to deal with unlawful acts. Some- one or many, must become a vigilante and start dealing with these unlawful people in the harshest way possible. No police means that street justice prevails. Street justice is usually absolute and has no appeal.
Glad you found the link. Strange things are happening.. ps- staying in Colorado.
My mistake.
” Police are not allowed to enter. “
If you live in any town where this is the case, cut your losses and get out. There is no hope.
Sounds like the muslim “no go” zones in Europe.
Wonder who trained these people or who was their community organizer? Hint: initials are bho
you forgot Mouth Breathers
I recently saw a clip where the idiotic mayor of Minneapolis said that Floyd made the city a better place or something to that effect. Is he counting the burnt Police precinct or the almost 2 miles of vacant, burnt or demolished businesses in that area?
I looked up a few things about this author, and she seems to have a good head on her shoulders; I expect (am not sure) she leans conservative. She’s a cutie.
Okay, red states are full of vicious, heavily armed, unenlightened, knuckle dragging, mouth breathing, conservatives.
And mosquitos.
So, if you’re a liberal Yankee, stay away.
Things are so bad even liberals are being forced to flee. Unfortunately they will move to (infect) red state conservative neighborhoods where they will feel safe to start the progressive process all over again.
I left Colorado in 2000...the invaders took over
PA is full of communities like the old Minneapolis you describe. Come aboard!
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