Since I’m clearly self-empowered to speak an opinion publicly because I’m a middle class, middle aged, white, cis-gendered straight guy (with most of the predictable attributes and perspectives that brings) in one of the leftest leaning seats in the country, in one of the (apparently) most progressive states, firmly behind the “Quinoa Curtain” and definitely south of the “hipster proof fence”; I thought I'd add some more noise to the not-so-background din ...