General Discussion

red state refugees. When you are tired, afraid, and under threat; when you have been discriminated against and your rights have been taken away, do you want to move someplace where you can live and breathe with your family as fully equal human beings? Do you want to see your loved ones in an environment where they can feel valued, heal and grow? Or do you want to move from repression and fear to an environment of tension, combat and uncertainty, because somebody on a message board . . ??

I guess if pure political gain is one's priority, then one should move accordingly. It’s my position that we should let those who have enjoyed the comforts of privilege, the advantages of diversity and equality walk the walk. They can choose to move into unstable environments to live there and fill whatever role they see for themselves there, if that is their priority.

Most of the people out here considering uprooting our entire lives are not doing it on some whim to fulfill political daydreams on the internet. We are actual human beings with families and lives and we are uprooting from our homes largely because of trauma. We need to heal. We need to see our loved ones have the chance to grow and thrive.

For the record, I understand about Montana. I’m in the Flathead. If I wasn’t in healthcare, I might not be considering leaving, but I am. I love Montana, and I even love 98% of the assholes that live here too. But my job now is to safeguard the next generations, and it may soon be that the only way to do that, is to leave.