Michael is right..we have to put our money where our mouth is (I know its difficult). The courts is the only solution. Unless one is on the registry or a friend/family memeber, nobody will stand up to defend us. Even if we don’t win, the thought of upcoming legal expenses will hopefully make them rethink these feel good, useless laws. The Gainesville situation is a great example.

Exactly. Great observation. The court room is where the victory lies. Peoples precious time, money and energy are being exhausted and evaporated in these never ending mini battles. We are few in number. We can’t take on how society sees it, it’s un-winnable. We just need a a panel of judges to see these grievances and set the tone for what society needs to follow.

And I’ve found that, when I’m talking to someone who’s naive about the unfairness and ineffectiveness of the registry, one on one, I often sense some new perspective and empathy from that person. However, within a similar group atmosphere, their reactions often become melodramatic (like an intense soap opera) and frustrated/angry, as if they don’t want to appear sympathetic, or just creepy, in any way in front of the others. And they seem to feed off of each other’s negative, ill-informed, and strictly binary-thinking opinions, becoming even more righteous about them. It becomes a negative synergy that reinforces their ignorance. The news media is part of that synergy, too. And the terse, virtual, and often emotional structure of social media exchange doesn’t help to expose the realities about the registry either.

I’ve been to these council meetings and it’s like once this subject is brought up, the air in the room gets sucked out immediately and the body language of the council members goes from gregarious and animated, to reserved and wooden. It’s as though they just found out one their pets got run over by a car.

This kind of animus and ignorance can never be swayed by facts, logic or evidence. These are the same types that know wrestling is fake, but they continue watching just for the entertainment value. They honestly feel as though we’re the bad guys and they’re the “good guys” on the “winning team” that is protecting society.

They’re role-playing some “intervention” fantasy while caring out their savior complex fetishisms.

Thank you for sending a follow-up email, Mp.

No, the two PFR’s already living there will be grandfathered in.

Cherokee its more than donkey dung. This nation is corrupt. Was the saying on the dollar bill in man we trust or in God we trust.Maybe it was the Supreme court…. These restrictions are much about men abusing their power in many ways. Talk about vain government.

You are definitely insightful about that.