Mid Rivers Newsmagazine 7-5-17

6 I OPINION I
July 5, 2017
MID RIVERS NEWSMAGAZINE
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Dangerous philosophies
To the editor:
During Hillary Clinton’s time in the
limelight, she put forth two philosophical
premises that were ruinous to our country.
The first and basic one was that there was a
vast Right Wing conspiracy, when in reality,
the conspiracy emanated from the Left
and was called Liberalism.
The second statement was deadly and
permeated our culture like an insidious disease.
“It takes a village to raise a family.”
This had the effect of exonerating parents
from their traditional and time-tested roles
of responsibilities to their children and our
society at large.
This philosophy gave parents cover to
vacate their responsibilities because after
all, “It was now the Village’s responsibility
as to how their children turned out.” We are
now witness to violence and death nightly
on our streets and in our cities, which is
the legacy of accepting unexamined and
unquestioned liberal philosophies.
William E. Quinn
Respecting the president
To the Editor:
I do find it interesting that letters are written
about respecting the president. While I
agree with the comments most are making,
I would give them more support if these
same people had written about President
Obama. I saw few if any letters concerning
respect for the president when people were
joyously calling him a Kenyan Muslim and
worse, and including his wife and children
in demeaning comments.
Yes, at some point in time we need to
curtail the bitterness and sarcasm in our
political and civil discourse. While I did
not vote for Trump, I can still respect the
position he holds, and I think we all need
to respect the presidency no matter who is
in office. But I just don’t know how that’s
going to happen in today’s opinionated
environment.
Pundits blare from the television 24
hours a day and people seem to only watch
the channels or read the papers and magazines
that support their views while getting
little to no information from any contradicting
source.
Money from outside interests tries to
influence voters with half-truths and distortions.
Special interests have a hold on
everything, and sadly I’m not seeing the
swamp drained.
But each journey begins with a single
step. I hope we all can fight the head winds
and bring civil discourse back to our communities,
states and country.
Tim Hopkins
Defining fascism
To the Editor:
Dennis Prager’s editorials [June 7 and
14] state his belief that we are fighting a
second civil war. “We are fighting fascism,”
he wrote. He seems to equate liberalism
with fascism, therefore “… the primary
role of a conservative [should] be to vanquish
liberalism.”
I would respectfully suggest that Mr.
Prager needs to research the definition
of fascism. Fascism is a form of radical
authoritarian nationalism. It is traditionally
opposed to liberalism and is placed
on the far right of the political spectrum. It
believes that a liberal democracy is obsolete.
A fascist state must be led by a strong leader,
a masculine and charismatic person. For the
fascist leader, violence, especially internal
political violence, is a legitimate means to
achieve national rejuvenation. Fascism is a
populist ultranationalist perspective.
Now tell me, Mr. Prager, which of our
two political parties do you think has fascist
tendencies?
Walter Clark
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