2 weeks Ago By Sun Sentinel Editorial Board
I read newspapers and watch election coverage daily, on TV and online. I watch Fox as much as I can to understand the viewpoints there. I absolutely cannot fathom why any intelligent person would vote for Donald Trump (emphasis on “intelligent”).
His indiscretions against women, attacks on our Constitution, disrespect to minorities, fawning admiration for Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong Un and Viktor Orbán, dishonest business dealings, and other transgressions are too numerous to mention. Also, I wonder why he attacks immigrants who are here legally, as in Springfield, Ohio. Trump himself married two immigrants, right? Growing up, my dad said: “Some people live and learn — other people just live.
” If so many citizens can’t absorb facts and make informed choices when they vote, we will end up being a laughingstock, as with Trump previously. Remember the huge orange Trump balloon that floated in London when he visited there, and the laughter he elicited when he spoke to the U.N.
in 2018? They were laughing at us — not with us. The caliber of the person who is president matters. Penny Morey, Boca Raton Bravo to your editorial call for skepticism as an antidote to the appalling credulity of, perhaps, 40% of Americans who believe the lies, conspiracy theories and bigotry of the extreme right.
Gullibility is a serious intellectual deficit that education at all levels must address. In my 40-plus years as a teacher, belief in the paranormal has been rampant among college students and, to my horror, my faculty colleagues, too. Now, this gullibility has spread to the body politic and society generally.
That is far more dangerous. Maryland Congressman Jamie Raskin adroitly quoting Voltaire’s 1765 dictum that those who can make us believe in absurdities can make us commit atrocities really does explain the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Your tips about fact-checking, judging the reliability of sources, finding official sources, verifying before sharing, and being skeptical of outlandish claims are plain common sense and just what we need. Christopher Reiss, Dania Beach Trump said Jewish voters will bear the blame if he loses. He also said Jews who vote Democrat hate their religion, and that Jews who don’t vote for him need to have their heads examined.
As a Jew and a senior citizen, I’ll gladly shoulder the blame when he loses. I’ll be happy to have my head examined. If we get four more years of Donald Trump, we’ll all need to see a psychiatrist.
Gail Schorr, Boca Raton Once again, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee and member of the Federalist Society, has been assigned a Trump-related case (the second assassination attempt on him).
She should have recused herself from the classified documents case but did not, only to face criticism. Dragging the case out by requiring unreasonable motions and appointing a person to review the documents brought criticism from former judges. Cannon is clearly not impartial, leaning toward decisions that favor Trump — or does she lack the experience and expertise to understand the complexity of the cases? The second case is very different from the first, but can she be truly impartial? Were these assignments coincidental? Therein lay the questions.
Richard Silver, Boynton Beach Submit a letter to the editor by email to [email protected] or fill out the form below. Letters should be about 150 words and must be signed.
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