One writer at the Los Angeles Times is pleading with fleeing former residents not to criticize the Golden State as they make their hasty exits; “If you want to leave, fine. But don’t insult California on the way out,” says Los Angeles Times’ letters editor Paul Thornton.
“To the people leaving California: May the road rise to meet you as you seek better lives in new places. Now, can you please extend some goodwill to those of us who remain?” Thornton asked in a Saturday piece headlined, “Commentary: If you want to leave, fine. But don’t insult California on the way out.”
“More than 800,000 Californians moved away in 2022, and many thousands more left last year. Often, the departees, cash in hand from the sale of their $1-million bungalows, feel the need to express disdain for their home state, and even some anger too,” he continued.
From Fox News:
Thornton went on to describe a relative of his who told him about having relocated to a small town in another state far away, but being warned against bringing “those weird California ways” to his new neighborhood.
“And which ways would those be?” Thornton asked rhetorically. “Perhaps it’s our embrace of LGBTQ+ Californians. Or it’s our liberal politics, with the state Republican Party shrunk to irrelevance after its vicious attempt in 1994 to marginalize immigrants with Proposition 187.”
Proposition 187, which passed by almost 60% but blocked by the courts from ever going into effect, proposed denying state social services to illegal immigrants. Since then, California has expanded access to government benefits and services to illegal immigrants.
The Golden State started the new year by granting illegal immigrants free healthcare, despite the state’s looming $68 billion deficit. This new healthcare policy will cover sex change surgeries for California residents without regard for their citizenship status.
More over at Fox News:
It's not humiliating enough that California is experiencing a mass exodus of people, now the woke are begging those they forced out to be nice:
"LA Times editor implores ex-Californians to stop insulting the state on their way out."https://t.co/oIVsxnz1eu
— Not Simo Häyhä (@h2av8tor) January 23, 2024
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