‘Fake news’? Why not ‘apostate news’? | Letters
While reading the letters to the editor recently, I noticed that Christmas “cheer” and “goodwill to men” is now defunct. We are back to our usual hate and discontent as far as politics go. I may as well add to the fray and comment on a few.
The term “fake news” is now meaningless. Anyone who disagrees with a news item cries “fake news.” It’s been picked up by dictators far and wide as well as the far-right as a modus operandi. Let’s come up with a new phrase, say “apostate news,” given all the Republican religious references to Trump. They conveniently forget all the biblical references to the false prophets.
The letters make is apparent that we have two alternative realities in this country, generally corresponding to a Democratic or Republican view of the world. One side says the sky is blue, the other the sky is red. Who’s right? Who’s wrong? Did the president commit a crime? Ignore what you don’t like to hear. Apostate news anyone?
One letter mentions the appointment of judges. Do you really think the president, a man with the attention span of an 8-year-old, knows anything about any of them? His handlers are guiding the appointment process along with their own agendas.
Lastly, one letter-writer really hates this paper. He uses various words such as skimpy, bigoted, and malarkey to express his dissatisfaction. Perhaps he should switch papers. There are plenty of right-wing publications that support his alternative reality.
Kim Corley
St. Helena Island
Remember why Trump won
President Donald Trump should not have won. A political outsider, he lacked the temperament of Ronald Reagan, the eloquence of Barack Obama, and the shrewdness of Bill Clinton. A non-ideologue billionaire from the Big Apple, he had little in common with working families in the formerly blue Rust Belt.
Yet, it was precisely those men and women who propelled him to the Oval Office. They are loggers, truckers, miners, ranchers and farmers, mostly white without college degrees. For generations, they pursued the American dream that if you work hard and follow the rules, you will get ahead.
But after decades of free trade and globalization, they saw the fruits of prosperity increasingly going to the super rich and the politically connected, while their paychecks dwindled, mines and factories shuttered, and their communities hollowed out. Burdened by a “white privilege” they didn’t have, forgotten by elites in both parties, they wore out their bodies just to make ends meet.
Trump campaigned directly and relentlessly to their economic peril, cultural fears, and political betrayal. Unlike Bernie Sanders, he trusted people to shape their own fate and destiny instead of a nanny state.
To liberal Democrats, please get off your moral high horses and stop calling those Trump supporters racist, sexist, or despicable. Red states send more young men to defend our country, and give more to charities to help the downtrodden. They may not have college degrees, but they know more about the dignity of work and loyalty to their country than any of the talking heads on CNN and MSNBC.
Xiaodan Li
Hilton Head Island
Where did the trash go?
It’s really great that the huge trash pile in Okatie is finally gone.
So, where did they put it?
Wayne Wicker
Beaufort
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