Trump sets dubious standard for children
Parents, not to worry. Though your child may be convicted of fraud by a jury, found to be a sexual molester by a jury in a civil case, indicated by federal grand juries, and a state grand jury for retaining official government records in violation of law, attempting to overturn a presidential election, paying hush money to a porn star to keep secret a sexual encounter, don’t fret.
Your child may still grow up to be president of the United States. We have come a long way from the Victorian era of Glover Cleveland.
Archie Thurman
We must fight for truth and facts
All the gnashing of teeth, finger pointing and analysis won’t help. Getting those who voted for Trump to hear then believe the truth is our monumental task. A letter from state house District 26 candidate Allison Gorman to her supporters says it all.
In part, she wrote: “Originally, I’d seen gerrymandering as my biggest challenge in this race. … But the obstacle I couldn’t find my way around was a mountain of right-wing propaganda.
“Eight months of knocking doors isn’t enough to overcome the barrage of disinformation that’s caused many of our neighbors to vote against their own interests for years.
“When I spoke with conservative voters, they would tell me the facts as they believed them to be. That is, they repeated what they’d been told by trusted sources — their public officials, their preachers, the TV personalities who deliver what’s labeled as news — and the trusted people in their lives who would further disseminate that bad information. … If we want to have any electoral success in Tennessee, and if we want the United States to continue on the trajectory of a first-world country, we must find innovative ways to combat what’s essentially military-grade disinformation. We can’t do it going door to door.”
We are lucky to have Allison Gorman working to get the truth out. She needs more help.
Sue Carol Elvin
Trump conned his faithful supporters
The election of Donald Trump by the slimmest of margins is the triumph of fear, racism and ignorance of those who voted for him. How did a man who is an obvious racist, a pathological liar, an adulterer, a convicted felon, a xenophobe, a misogynist, and want-to-be autocrat get elected president of the United States? His voters wanted a dictator, and they got one. Human choices make fascism possible.
Trump is no more of a Christian than I am. However, he is very good at manipulating the faithful. Did you really buy a Bible from this hypocrite?
Where do you turn when the lessons from history are being ignored? What do you do when the absurdity of life has reached it zenith? You rebel and continue the fight for truth, justice, freedom from oppression and suffering, and for equality among all members of the human race. Do not move out of the country; do not believe that you will survive by putting your head down and ignoring reality; and don’t attempt a blind leap of faith into the curse of religion.
God did not save more than six million Jews, his chosen people, and he won’t save you. If possible, join in this struggle against the stupidity and absurdity of the Trump presidency.
Erskine Mabee