In a day and time where our civil liberties are being stripped away like never before, I feel surrounded by complacency. I live in a deep blue, northeast state.

The hill I've chosen to plant my flag on is that I'm not getting the vaccine. I've never been a traditional anti-vaxxer. I will not get the vaccine for two reasons - the first being that I do not trust it. The second is a bit more complex:

The federal government in partnership with private corporations are trying to force me to. This is a violation of my civil liberties - and unlike previous "soft" violations (mask mandate, shuttering of businesses due to pandemic), I consider this a "hard" violation.

When I say "hard" violation, I mean that it actively isolates people and prevents them from participating in the liberties outlined for them in the constitution unless they get "registered" and inject something into their body. It's essentially "take this vaccine or you cannot be an American".

I'm not very outspoken, but my closest friends and relatives are aware of my feelings. They are too "polite" to say anything to my face, but I'm not an idiot, I can tell they think I'm being ridiculous. This is the type of ostracization, I feel, that is by design under the current administration.

My feeling is that if we don't find somewhere to plant our flag and stand firm, and do so soon, there will be nowhere left to plant a flag when our people realize they need it.

So I'm not getting it. I'm not getting a passport. I'm just a working stiff, paying a mortgage and other debts. They expect people like me to be spineless. They've conditioned us with a year of covering our faces and shutting down our businesses, while funneling us into high population centers (grocery stores, walmarts, etc.) that only served to spread the virus further. I can't help but feel that this is the next step in a plan to turn the working class of America into chattle.

I'll be seeing you red state patriots in a few years I suppose. God bless you.