All Or Nothing Peach State
The dichotomy that is Georgia was on full display earlier this week when, within a 48-hour period, the Georgia Board of Regents voted to ban all forms of tobacco on the campuses of its 31 colleges and universities while state lawmakers considered whether to allow licensed gun owners to go packing in schools, bars and churches.
No slam on Georgia; indeed, the divergent actions are a microcosm of the country. Liberals believe a governing body knows better than the individuals it governs what’s best for them and act accordingly. Conservatives, acting on what they believe is the will of the people, try to give the people what they want.
The muddy middle, where there might be real-world solutions, is forgotten.
Take the tobacco ban. For many of us, if the United Nations got together and outlawed tobacco products on planet Earth, they wouldn’t be far enough away. But that’s not reality.