Fear and loathing of Women’s March
Response to Free Press columnist Ron Hart’s Jan. 27 commentary on the Women’s March:
I am a white, middle class, well-educated Protestant woman, raised by the widow of a military veteran. I have a good job, great health insurance and a strong retirement plan. I didn’t march for myself. I marched for those who do not have or are in danger of losing what I take for granted every day. I marched for those who face a future of global warming; for those who will be crushed by education and health care debt; for those brought here as young children who are now in danger of being forced to leave the only country they have ever known as home.
You asked why we weren’t marching for something important, like civil rights. We were. I ask one favor of you, Mr. Hart. Since I live in a small town in Georgia, I was hoping you could tell me where to find one of those cocktail parties you talk about. I might want to stand around and drink martinis while discussing the fear and loathing in a certain op-ed piece I recently read.
Diane Guinn
Ringgold, Ga.
It can’t happen here, but can it?
I’ve heard that the book “1984” is experiencing a surge in sales. Personally, I believe the book people should be reading is Sinclair Lewis’ “It Can’t Happen Here.” Aware of what was happening in Europe in the early 1930s, Lewis grew tired of people saying “it can’t happen here,” and wrote his book showing how it might. Here is a part of the summary on the back cover of the Signet Classics paperback edition: ” it juxtaposes sharp political satire with the chillingly realistic rise of a president who becomes a dictator to save the nation from welfare cheats, sex, crime, and a liberal press.”
The book was called “a message to thinking Americans.” After a campaign of fear and hate into which angry and gullible Americans bought, Lewis needs to be read again.
And thank you for presenting the news in a bipartisan way. I love the fact the editorial pages are separated left and right, politically and physically.
J. Michael Hemsley
Prayer complaint surely a waste of time
This letter comes from a lifelong Southern liberal Democrat.
Surely Rebecca Markert, attorney for the Freedom From Religion Foundation, has numerous, much more important matters to keep her busy than complaining to the Hamilton County Schools system about the Central High School coach bowing his head during a prayer on behalf of one of his players thought to be seriously injured.
Tom O’Neal, Attorney
Signal Mountain