Don't stay silent on defacing monuments
On June 21, I sent emails to Congressman Krishnamoorthi and Senators Duckworth and Durbin expressing my disgust with the ongoing destruction of monuments and statues. I asked them to denounce these actions on the floors of the House and the Senate.
I hold no affinity for Confederate monuments, but we've now witnessed the vandalism and destruction of monuments to Christopher Columbus, Francis Scott Key, George Washington, and incredibly, Ulysses S. Grant. Any historical figure deemed to have engaged in oppression is now targeted regardless of their accomplishments and service to the nation.
The ignorance of American and world history is as staggering as it is sad. Some of our leaders incite the ill-informed as evidenced by Sen. Tim Kaine's assertion that the U.S. created slavery. Perhaps it isn't stupidity. Perhaps this a purposeful effort to erase and revise history in a manner that makes it palatable to fools and cultural revolutionaries.
It is time to demand that our representatives speak out against this. Failure to do so should be interpreted as tacit approval for the actions that are occurring. Stay silent no more. Contact your representatives.
Keith Roberts
Bartlett
This is how college repays city for street
Saw in the news that the President of North Central College has notified Naperville's Police Department they are no longer welcome to stage on college property for safety and other public demonstrations.
I recall that in the late '80s or 90s, Naperville ceded rights to a city street to North Central College so that their campus could flow more openly.
So much for gratitude to the city and its residents. I used to enjoy riding my bicycle down that street.
North Central College should demolish any structures built over the street property and return the rights to that space back to the city.
There must be a price to pay for any such liberal knee-jerk reaction to current news sentiment and public violence.
Thomas Ballent
Fort Collins, Colorado
(formerly of Naperville)