Deport Mike Pence

Mike Pence, the governor of the great and boring state of Indiana, dropped by the Wesleyan university in my town earlier this week for a "community conversation". The students quoted in the local paper seemed quite impressed with Mr. Pence. One student went so far as calling it "an honor" and described the governor's views on border patrol as an example of how he is "passionate about our safety". Another student agreed, saying Pence's "number one priority is the safety of Hoosiers". I'm not certain what danger for Indiana is lurking on the south bank of the Rio Grande, but these children fear it and believe that Mikey has the duty, the will, and the ability to protect them from it and all other threats to their safety.

There used to be a different idea that dominated the philosophy of the subjects of the United States. They used to subscribe to the theory that the government's main job was to protect the citizenry's liberty, not its safety. Courts were to be established and funded by taxation of the population in order to make sure justice and property rights were protected and little else. Of course, this idea is absurd on its face. Taxation and lawmaking are themselves anti-liberty. The parallel would be putting the fox in charge of guarding the hen house. Even so, I prefer this logical absurdity to the now popular idea that the State should be your overprotective mommy.

Rest assured, Pence is only posing as your mommy. In reality, he is the fox. He tells you to watch out for the threat of foreign invaders as he slides his hand into your pocket in order to retrieve your wallet. The students quoted in the newspaper article were two social work majors and a youth ministry major. These naive young people were convinced to take on massive amounts of debt so that they could join professions in which their classroom experience will likely amount to nothing. But the bankers will be paid and they will in turn pay their agents such as Pence. I highly doubt there is anyone in Mexico who could do the amount of harm to these pupils as the state of Indiana has done. If we are going to deport anyone, let's start with the bastards in the state house and the governor's mansion.