You can’t ‘respect life’ and buy anti-immigrant lies
In Colorado, a certain number of specialty license plates show an image of the light purple-and-white state flower, the columbine, and the phrase, “Respect Life.” It’s tender and thoughtful, near poetry. And it’s propaganda. The state’s last Republican governor, Bill Owens, authorized it in 2000 after lawmakers rejected the idea. He said it memorialized the…