At the start of the new year I decided I was going to be more optimistic. All the doom and gloom was not good for me. I wanted to believe we were in a better place, and in some areas I feel that is true.

It is nice not knowing what Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are up to every second of everyday. That is how a president and vice president should act. The last "president" was a total disaster and you couldn't go a moment without him popping off at the mouth. It also seems like we are on the back part, maybe even the end, of the pandemic. I was just on vacation and it felt normal. I go to restaurants with little to no anxiety anymore. I see friends and family with regularity. It is beginning to feel like pre-pandemic in the world now. Everytime I get a cold I don't instantly think it is COVID. I'm back at races, taking my kids to school and my wife is still kicking butt at work, she is also in the office more. So things are good most of the time.

Yet there are some states in this country, some places, where on this Independence Day, America still feels very divided. We still have governors who are archaic in their thinking. They don't want rights for LGBTQ+ people. They are anti transgender. They are trying to gerrymander districts. They want more power for corrupted cops. They are discriminatory jerks who think the 50's were the golden era. They were not. America was ass backwards in the 50's. We don't need a return to that time. That was the worst. So places like Florida and Texas, with their abhorrent governors, are wrong. They are trying to take their states back to the worst time in this country. They don't care about anyone besides people who look and act like them. That is wrong on every single level. They should not be celebrated on Independence Day. They don't care about freedom, especially if it doesn't look and act like them. They should be dragged through the mud. They should be shown the errors of their way. They are not better than anyone else. We are all equal and should be treated as such. So for these monsters that keep trying to revert back to a horrible time in our history, I don't wish them a happy fourth. They don't care about freedom. They clearly don't care about independence. They are out there for their own interests and that is wrong. It is also anti American. America is a melting pot. We should welcome people from other cultures, races and backgrounds with open arms. No one should be left out. That is the true meaning of independence.

So while you are out there lighting your fireworks and eating your hotdogs, take a second and thank all the immigrants, LGBTQ+, different races and cultures today. They are who makes this country truly great. They are who we should be celebrating on independence day. Happy fourth to everyone.

Ty

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