F Bombs Are Safer Than Guns

       Last blog of the semester is going to a short one! I chose Jordan Call's blog "Is She Really Lady Liberty?" Jordan starts the blog with a quick warning to those who might feel uncomfortable with the word "fuck." To be honest I am a little upset that I have missed this explicit blog this whole time. Jordan's style of writing is obviously to the point and blunt. Wasting no time to say his point ( Jordan I am guessing your a guy, I have a unisex name so don't hate me if I am wrong). He throws in colorful language like the F bomb and calling people "pussies." This type of in your face language has been proven to be both controversial and popular to people who use this style in front of larger audiences. If our platforms on these blogs were larger, Jordan would probably have a pretty big following because of his blunt style. What Jordan chose to write about is an important issue that has been a debate for a while now. I agree with everything he has said. Americans have this glorifying idea of guns and weapons. I too am guilty of wanting to be a bad ass and start bending bullets after I saw the hit movie "Wanted." But I also understood that this is real life, and people tend to get shot when their are real guns around.
         I don't understand this wave of thinking that you need to protect yourselves by having a gun. This isn't the wild west! Why the hell does anyone need a gun at school? More importantly, how are students that don't carry guns supposed to feel safe in a setting that is constantly on the news for having mass shootings? It is a ridiculous agenda pushed by the NRA and the fear tactics in the media that a decent amount of idiots have sucked up. My Brother was killed by a random civilian with a gun. When bullets go flying in the regular world, its not fun! Life is lost, mental strings become unhinged, and fear becomes life. If you feel the need to have a gun so badly, join the army! Take your invincible ass to a place that benefits the country. Otherwise, stop being paranoid, stop putting other people lives at risk, and as Jordan Call said "don't be a fucking pussy."

Political Tug of War

       On Thursday Governor Greg Abbott declared on twitter that "Texas will not tolerate sanctuary campuses or cities," Abbott said. "I will cut funding for any state campus if it establishes sanctuary status." This all coming from the recent petitions from students for college campuses to declare their campuses as a "sanctuary campus." In the wake of Donald Trumps victory for the presidential elect, many people fear that undocumented students are in danger of being forced to leave their productive lives as American students. Governor Abbot decided to make the threat on Twitter after students of Texas State University started petitioning for administrators to declare the campus as a sanctuary for immigrant students. While some universities argue that it is not necessary for them to declare it since law actually makes it extremely hard for law enforcement to enter the premises without a warrant or serious reason, the fear in many students is obvious.
       I understand the fear and anger that many undocumented immigrants must have in the wake of Donald Trump winning the election. Its the same fear that I believe many women, minorities, and citizens with morals and values must have after the many obnoxious threats that Donald Trump has made if he is to become president. I also understand the administrators of these campuses feeling the need to support their students in these protest, as much as I understand universities not wanting to put a target on their backs by publicly doing so. What I don't understand is Governor Abbott's need to threaten any person or entity on this matter. If the Universities want to make a stance, as long as there are no laws or regulations being broken, then they should have every right to do so. These campuses should want to protect their students as long as it is done legally and respectfully. Governor Abbott is turning this into a political pissing contest when it is meant to be a fight between the campuses and their students. For the state to threaten the universities rights to take a stance legally is ridiculous. More importantly it goes against the Texas mantra. Texas is a state that prides itself on fighting for our citizens to have the right to govern themselves without national law interfering when they don't need to. How do we then micromanage universities with threats when we have no right to? How does Texas, who was basically stolen from Mexico while also being largely if not mostly Hispanic, not lead the way of finding routes to protect our immigrants. I feel the most sorrow for the actual undocumented people who are in such danger. Its like there is a tug of war between people who don't agree with Donald Trump, and those that do. And the immigrants are what we are pulling apart.