Off The Editor’s Desk – 8-30-2017

Off The Editor’s Desk – 8-30-2017

Saturday, we traveled to Madison to celebrate the first birthday of our great-granddaughter, Stella. On the way home, traveling on I-90 near the Madison airport, a large jet plane was making a landing. Our six-year-old grandson, Zach, questioned the size of the plane and was told that it was a large plane. He then asked, “Is that Donald Trump?”

But, on to more pressing items that need to be discussed.

I tried not to bring up the Charlottesville, Virginia ruckus of a couple of weeks ago. But things are happening that will change the way we live.

 I can’t condone anything that the White Supremacist Group that staged the demonstration there, stands for.  Even though everything that they stand for is offensive to most of us; their right to assemble peacefully is guaranteed by the First Amendment of the Constitution.

As does the other group that protested their presence have the right to assemble. But when it turns violent, nothing is gained and people get hurt and killed.

My feeling is, if that White Supremacist Group had been ignored they would have just melted away and received no national news media coverage. But when the fighting started, we all saw the results on TV.

Now, what is happening, is that some people want to cleanse our history by removing anything that they object to including monuments of Confederate leaders and of our Founding Fathers. Even the Jefferson Memorial in our nation’s Capital is going to face some change.

I have a terrible feeling about the future. I think that the membership of these hate groups will only increase because of coverage and the idea that we need to change our history and remove any negative aspect. This will only fuel the hate movement and all hell will break loose.

I think that President Trump said the right thing, “We must rediscover the bonds of love and loyalty, that brings us together as Americans. Racism is evil and those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs, including the KKK, neo-Nazis, white supremacists and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything we hold dear as Americans. We are a nation founded on the truth that all of us are created equal. We are equal in the eyes of our creator. We are equal under the law, and we are equal under our Constitution. Those who spread violence in the name of bigotry strike at the very core of America.” 

Rick Manning, President of Americans for Limited Government put it this way, “As our Nation pauses to reflect on the events in Charlottesville, may it also turn its eyes to Chicago and elsewhere around the country where murdering one’s neighbor has become so commonplace that it isn’t worthy of national news.”

Looking forward to a peaceful and great Labor Day weekend.

Thanks for reading!     ~Carlton