by Pa Rock
Citizen Journalist
Florida State Representative Elizabeth Porter, a Republican, is mad as hell and she isn't going to take it anymore. Rep. Porter is not, as one might suspect, angry about the gun carnage and murderous violence that ripped apart a large Florida high school less than a month ago. She is righteously pissed that the students who survived the bloody rampage have the unmitigated gall to be making demands on legislators, calls for action to pass new laws to protect students. The nerve of those kids!
Well, Rep. Porter, for one, will not be pushed around by a mob of unruly children. She is standing her ground. This week Elizabeth Porter fired back at the ungrateful students. In a speech on the floor of the Florida House she wailed:
So, all of you wounded and terrified "children," sit down and shut the hell up. A wizened elder has spoken.
The only problem is, Lizzie, while you are ranting and raving in support of your corporate masters, the kids who have made you so angry are aging out of kidhood and registering to vote - and so are their friends and peers across the state and nation. And dammit, Lizzie, some of the adults, the ones who don't fall down slobbering every time someone invokes the Second Amendment, are listening to those noisy damned kids as well.
Times are changing, and they are changing fast. Lizzie, you might get lucky and win one more term at the trough, but I wouldn't buy a house in Tallahassee if I were you. Not everyone is as close-minded as you, and the students from Parkland are being heard. Attitudes are changing, votes will be cast, and you, Rep. Porter are going to get spanked by voters.
But, take heart, because there may be a bright side to your abbreviated political future: Donald Trump seems to like getting spanked!
Citizen Journalist
Florida State Representative Elizabeth Porter, a Republican, is mad as hell and she isn't going to take it anymore. Rep. Porter is not, as one might suspect, angry about the gun carnage and murderous violence that ripped apart a large Florida high school less than a month ago. She is righteously pissed that the students who survived the bloody rampage have the unmitigated gall to be making demands on legislators, calls for action to pass new laws to protect students. The nerve of those kids!
Well, Rep. Porter, for one, will not be pushed around by a mob of unruly children. She is standing her ground. This week Elizabeth Porter fired back at the ungrateful students. In a speech on the floor of the Florida House she wailed:
“We’ve been told that we need to listen to the children and do what the children ask. Are there any children on this floor? Are there any children making laws? Do we allow the children to tell us that we should pass a law that says no homework, or you finish high school at the age of 12 just because they want it so?”
"No!" She roared, in answer to her own question. "“No. The adults make the laws because we have the age, we has [sic] the wisdom, and we have the experience.”
So, all of you wounded and terrified "children," sit down and shut the hell up. A wizened elder has spoken.
The only problem is, Lizzie, while you are ranting and raving in support of your corporate masters, the kids who have made you so angry are aging out of kidhood and registering to vote - and so are their friends and peers across the state and nation. And dammit, Lizzie, some of the adults, the ones who don't fall down slobbering every time someone invokes the Second Amendment, are listening to those noisy damned kids as well.
Times are changing, and they are changing fast. Lizzie, you might get lucky and win one more term at the trough, but I wouldn't buy a house in Tallahassee if I were you. Not everyone is as close-minded as you, and the students from Parkland are being heard. Attitudes are changing, votes will be cast, and you, Rep. Porter are going to get spanked by voters.
But, take heart, because there may be a bright side to your abbreviated political future: Donald Trump seems to like getting spanked!
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