๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐โ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ป๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
Imagine being the kind of person who, when faced with the passing of a former U.S. presidentโa figure who served the nation regardless of partyโchooses to let political pettiness take the wheel.
๐พ๐๐๐ ๐ต๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐ ๐น๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ต๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ต๐๐ ๐๐๐๐'๐ ๐ณ๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐-๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐.
Picture a local official standing stubbornly beneath a flag fluttering proudly at full staff, arms crossed like they just won some kind of partisan tug-of-war no one else was playing.
The former president, Jimmy Carter, a man who built homes for the poor well into his 90s, probably wouldn't take it personally. But everyone else watching this display of defiance might cringe at the sheer smallness of it all.
Lowering a flag isn't a grand endorsement of a political ideology; it's a simple act of respect that should rise above the noise of party lines.
It's as if the official forgot that honoring service to the country is about decency, not division.
American Belle