by Nomad
Scouring local newspapers around the nation, I found that even in predominately Republican-controlled states, there is still reason for hope. Many of the letters to the editor show signs that dissatisfaction with the current management of government is a bipartisan (or non-partisan) issue.
Suppressing the Vote is Racist
A letter to the edıtor of the Las Vegas Sun:
To the extent that Republican-controlled states have been passing laws that suppress the vote, the Republican Party can not deny the charge of racism.
Every time, whether it is in Pennsylvania, North Dakota, Georgia or Texas, that there is action taken to restrict or suppress people from voting, it is always a minority group victimized.
In North Dakota, it is Native Americans. In Georgia, 80 percent of the voter registration applications being held are black or Hispanic voters. In Texas, it is voters at an all-black university who are targeted.
Republicans have stopped even saying that they are simply trying to protect the polls from fraud. The voter suppression is clearly too evident.
And to the extent that they are doing this, it is clear that they are racists. They can no longer simply point to political correctness or reverse discrimination. Try to keep the minority from voting, and you are a racist.
Time to Treat Women as EqualsA letter to the edıtor of the Las Vegas Sun:
President Donald Trump attacked a woman who suffered a sexual assault as a teenager and, for 35 years, kept her silence — except to her therapist and husband.
She came forward knowing that some, including Trump, would vilify her.
Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., shifted the issue from sexual assault to politics, rather than seeking the truth.
How long do women have to be subjugated to a “boys will be boys” fraternity attitude, where men can use their power to indulge in their sexual appetites with no consequences? Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., supports this administration’s position.
Women have been subjugated to the point that they lack control of their own bodies. We need to own up to this and demand that they be treated as equal partners in this human experience.
The only remedy to this is to vote your interests and those of your family. If you don’t, this cancer will only spread, as cancer does.
President has Reduced U.S. Standing to that of a Rogue Nation
A letter to the editor of Herald Sun of Durham, NC
I remember a time when the United States was considered a symbol of freedom and democracy, a “beacon on the hill.” We rightly denounced repressive tyrants, suspended diplomatic relations with nations accused of human rights violations, and slapped trade embargoes on countries guilty of apartheid and genocide.
Not any more. We now have an administration that has shown, by word and by deed, that it cares more for cutting lucrative arms deals to profit the corporate U.S. weapons industry than it does for preventing war and maintaining the moral high ground.
After the gruesome torture and murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Embassy, I would have expected an immediate denunciation of such barbarism, and an immediate end to further arms sales to the Saudi regime – especially when those weapons are killing innocent civilians in Yemen and creating human suffering of unprecedented proportions.
Instead, our president has made clear to the world that we’d rather put profits into the pockets of U.S. munitions makers than prioritize our nation’s true interests: our people’s needs here at home; the right to life – and to free speech – for people both here and abroad; and our standing in the world, now reduced to that of a rogue nation.
Immigrants are the Backbone of our CountryLetter to the editor of El Paso Times
Why is it that whenever we hear the word immigrant, thoughts like drug dealer, rapist, murderer and many more come to our head. Why isn’t it the opposite? Immigrants are the backbone of this country. Does working eight to 10-hour shifts, bent over under the sun in states like California, Texas and New Mexico, where the heat is unbearable, not deserve some respect?
Many say that they come here to take our jobs, but really, they are doing the jobs that nobody wants to do, and they don’t complain about it. Not a single teenager growing up in the United States will have their first job as a radish picker from 6 in the morning to 4 in the afternoon; they will find an easier job like at McDonald’s, where they're in refrigerated air.
I’m not saying that they are perfect; no human being is perfect. They don’t want to be glorified for what they do on an everyday basis; they just want respect. They want a chance at having a better life. They do not want to be deported back to where they came from. They came to the United States for a reason and that is because there is nothing back home; they sacrificed it all on the journey here.
No Escape from Barrage of Negative Political Ads
I know the elections are only weeks away, but I am not sure I can last that long. The never-ending barrage of negative political ads on TV has forced me to double the dosage of both my anxiety and depression medications.
A friend suggested that I should get out and take a drive to feel better, but every street I went down had political signs posted everywhere.
Another friend said some people seem to feel better after they scream and yell at a politician and his family eating in a restaurant. I don’t really like to scream at people so maybe I will just load up on medicinal marijuana and tough it out for these last few weeks.