What’s next, book burnings? The Taliban destroys history, not us | Letters
Confederate statues need to be preserved and protected, while a clueless, intimidated public needs to understand why.
A third of the male population of military age perished on battlefields far from home. Their journals, diaries and letters absolutely prove their motives were to protect their new nation and secure independence free from what became a corporate-DC nexus that reigns today. They rejected the North’s offer of a Constitutional amendment forever protecting slavery (Corwin Amendment March 2, 1861), eviscerating the oft repeated and widely believed canard.
Having lost, with no bodies to bury and no graves to mourn, these monuments were erected in their memory. Read the inscriptions. There is nothing on any of them that supports the modernist absurdity that they were erected for any other reason. “ In memory of ... in remembrance of ... to honor those ...” appears almost universally.
What is happening across the nation is both hateful and cowardly. The Taliban, ISIS, the communists destroy history. Can book burnings be far behind?
It is time to say “enough” and for grown-ups to be grown-ups again. It’s also time to start teaching real history again. What is happening today is shameful.
Steve Quick
Hilton Head Island
We need Trump and Congress both
President Donald Trump’s time in office can be summed up in one phrase, “No good deed goes unpunished.”
With the myriad battles, the likes of which we’ve never seen, that he faces every day, he continues to be the most productive president for America in our lifetime and perhaps since Lincoln or the Founding Fathers.
Conversely, President Barack Obama holds the infamous distinction as the most destructive force in our lifetime.
Under a constant avalanche of lies, vilifications, and false legal and political actions bent on destroying his administration, Trump continues to create a seismic shift in economic and political policies at home and abroad. All this is being accomplished despite an opposition Congress that has devolved into ideological fanaticism, with the president and America’s freedoms in its crosshairs.
Recent events place even more significance on the 2020 election for America’s survival as fascist insurrection and anarchy focused on racial unrest and violent attacks on law and order have filled the streets across America.
To deal with the unprecedented problems we’ve seen, Trump needs more legislative leverage. Executive actions are an extremely useful and expedient tool, but their shelf life expires with the next opposition administration.
Therefore, it’s critical that the House reverts back to Republican control, which they deserved to lose, so that permanent laws can be enacted, judges can be confirmed more expeditiously and the Trump train can be running on all cylinders.
Under these parameters, the next fours years could have a more permanent impact on the republic.
Don Maresca
Bluffton
The big choice in November
“I must find where my people are going so that I can lead them.”
We have a presidential election coming up in a few months.
Donald Trump or Joe Biden?
An arrogant, narcissistic, combative know-it-all, or a confused, bumbling, forgetful old man whose time has passed.
In November, voters will have to choose between the evil of two lessers.
The choice will be between the devil you know versus the devil you don’t know.
It would be nice if we had others from which to choose, but the winnowing process took care of that.
The important issues are: domestic and world crises, the economy, terrorism, military readiness, borders, Russia, China.
Which of the two is better equipped to deal with these issues?
Socialism or capitalism? Conservative or liberal?
Choose wisely (with your head, not with your heart or gut), based on who’s best to lead the country and the direction the country will take the next four years.
J. Donald Cammerata
Bluffton
Virus infection rate was wrong
A letter in the Sunday paper states that there are 23,100 residents in Bluffton with 320 cases of coronavirus equating 0.014 % infection rate. I would suggest that to get a percentage the writer needs to multiply the product of 320/23,100 by 100. The correct answer is 1.38528%. If I am wrong I will go back to school.
Barbara Kenney
Okatie