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I’m not comfortable with any of that. I want the freedom to live my life as I see fit and for others to do the same. That means we have to do everything in our power to make sure the left loses. Unfortunately, I think there are a lot of people in our country that don’t care about individual liberty. Maybe they don’t completely understand what they’re giving up. I’m not sure. I saw it with my own eyes during the pandemic. It felt like the Invasion of the Body Snatchers movie, where everyone had been brainwashed into some kind of cult I wasn’t aware of. That entire ordeal taught me there are people willing to give all of their freedom to the state in exchange for perceived safety and that terrifies me.

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Great summary Karlyn. Initiatives in Vermont's legislature to tackle the alleged "housing crisis" will move Vermont in this direction. Real-estate developers and their business partners are loving it because control of land use is being taken away from local governments and citizens.

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The surprising bullet item in this list is the elimination of private kitchens. Now the whole issue of what we can raise, eat, even whether or not we can grow a garden makes sense - and how about whether we can own gas stoves (they say it's for climate change - yeh, right). We should be terrified of this movement and should do everything we can to fight it. I'd be willing to buy/wear a t-shirt that lists these freedoms we will lose if socialists win. I'm grateful for your work, Karlyn.

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I read this to my husband. The apathy with which it was received was discouraging. That's what I see when I being up this subject. I agree. The left is winning. It's hard to not be angry, but I am. I'm livid.

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Yup. We deserve to lose.

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My husband isn't quite there yet either, but that's okay, since he's not preventing me from doing what I do.

No point in getting angry. The movement cannot use angry people. Keep a level head and trust in the Lord to pull us through this difficult time.

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*bring*. Even autocorrect is pissing me off.

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LOL. I know the feeling well!

I like that you bothered to correct your typo - something paid "journalists" don't seem to understand these days. <3

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Dystopian to it's scary core!

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Family and family traditions are what rocks me since retirement. Can't imagine the children and grandchildren belonging to the government.

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