SVR Needs A Reality Check

There is nothing in my life I am more proud of than being a Vermonter. Our rich and proud history is long and colorful. Our state is full of natural wonders from its mountain tops to its lakes and streams, and the very diverse geology that underlies it. Without the six seasons (I include Mud and Leaf Peeper), life would be mundane. I abhor ever having to live anywhere else in my lifetime.

I’ve learned to accept all the people who move to Vermont. Even the ones that decide they have to make it just like the place they moved from. Personally, if they liked it so much I don’t understand why they left, but that’s their business. Anyways, Vermont is for Vermonters, no matter how long you’ve been here, or where you moved from, you just have to be rugged enough to deal with it. Doesn’t matter your sexual orientation, your color or creed.

We stole our state from the Native Americans who were here first. We defended it against New York’s Governors Clinton, and Tryon. We defended our state in two different wars against Great Britain. As a member of the Union we were attacked by Confederate troops from Canada. As a member of the Union, we suffered dearly, probably losing more troops per capita than any other Northern state save for NY who signed the Irish up for service as soon as they got off the boat. It was Vermont’s old brigade that was the heart of Grant’s army.

That anyone would think Vermont is a good place to move to promote racism and prejudice is beyond me. To move to the state that played a heavy hand in the demise of the Confederacy, that fought to preserve the Union, and get IT to succeed. We know the costs of succession.

That’s why I see SVR as a joke. There are many people who would like to see Vermont as its own autonomous region. But we know the price our state paid, and why we cannot leave the Union. That a bunch of Confederate sympathizers can’t see that is beyond me. They’re better off moving to Puerto Rico!!