As a person who was not only born in the United States, but has a long line of ancestors; some of which helped to found this country, I no longer recognize the world in which I was born.
At this point, I am seeking security. I am “hunkering down” and just trying to keep a low profile by not getting involved in any activities designed to draw attention to the opposition of the current White House administration.
The Constitution I grew up learning about in school seems to no longer exist. In the hands of the White House, the Constitution isn’t worth the paper it is written on.
I have begun to temper some of the topics I choose to report for fear of some form of retribution.
The First Amendment of the Constitution says that I have the right of Free Speech and should be able to express my opinions and thoughts…and report the news. But even that is questionable these days when an entertainment network – one who admitted they were there for entertainment and not reporting the news under oath in court – is conceived as the truth, reporting news feels like hazardous duty.
In my 30 + year journalistic career, only once was there ever an issue with an article and as it turned out I was given the wrong information. I have always prided myself of my integrity and responsibility to the truth; but there are days that none of that seems to matter any longer in this country called the United States of America….one that is not United at all!
Security definitely is the word of the day in this era of lawlessness; especially from those who are responsible for making and upholding those laws!