Letter: Step up to protect 'true' America
Self-evident truths of the "new" red America: (presented as a public service.)
1. In all the states banning abortion (and contraception), there has not been a word about caring for the poor and unwanted children forced into the world. Call Miss Hannigan.
2. Don't teach children anything they couldn't learn at home. Banning books is one of the most dangerous practices for a culture. It is much worse to not know about slavery and Tulsa and Rosa Parks. Though it goes too far at times "wokeness" is not as scary as deliberate ignorance.
3. Ready to ban video games, hoodies and doors before they'll address actual implements of destruction. The writers of the Second Amendment couldn't have imagined troubled people having access to modern assault weapons. They wouldn't just be spinning in their graves, they'd be hiding under their beds.
4. Close the southern border and all our crops will die on the vine.
5. Worshipping the short-term money of coal and oil without a thought of the long-term disaster to the planet we all live on.
6. Spending way too much time on taking away human rights from a small minority just trying to be as God made them.
7. Still being suckers giving support and money to the self-centered greatest con man ever.
To sum up, the right wants to get big government off your back unless we're talking sex or people not like us. They have used gerrymandering, voter suppression and careful judge selection to get in a position to make their America. It's up to the rest of us to pay attention and let the true America be destroyed.
David Greb
Carpentersville