Today’s column is discouraging. It is always disappointing when intelligent me cannot see the forest for the trees.
Wayne Lapierre may not be the most articulate and charismatic leader that we could have hired, but he has steadfastly defended our civil rights. You talk of authoritarian government, but fail to see it burgeoning around you. One of the first steps that an authoritarian government does is to disarm the citizenry. While you blame him for every angry person who has killed others, or worse used a gun as the easiest way to commit suicide, the millions of NRA members see him as a savior of our democracy.
As authoritarian governments go, we now have a dictator who rules by Presidential fiat. The courts rule his college loan cancellation unconstitutional, yet he persists. The administration is prosecuting the President’s strongest opponent. His party is canceling primary elections to deny us a choice of a younger more vibrant leader. Now, his supporters are trying to remove his opponent from the ballot. We are looking at a 60’s Russian or Chinese election whereby the dictator will be overwhelmingly re-elected in a race with only one contestant. We are living with the authoritarian dictator that you fear, and yet you keep reading the propaganda. Step back and look at the whole picture. As Joe Biden says, democracy is on the ballot this year, unless Joe’s minions can eliminate all of his competitors.
Today’s column is discouraging. It is always disappointing when intelligent me cannot see the forest for the trees.
Wayne Lapierre may not be the most articulate and charismatic leader that we could have hired, but he has steadfastly defended our civil rights. You talk of authoritarian government, but fail to see it burgeoning around you. One of the first steps that an authoritarian government does is to disarm the citizenry. While you blame him for every angry person who has killed others, or worse used a gun as the easiest way to commit suicide, the millions of NRA members see him as a savior of our democracy.
As authoritarian governments go, we now have a dictator who rules by Presidential fiat. The courts rule his college loan cancellation unconstitutional, yet he persists. The administration is prosecuting the President’s strongest opponent. His party is canceling primary elections to deny us a choice of a younger more vibrant leader. Now, his supporters are trying to remove his opponent from the ballot. We are looking at a 60’s Russian or Chinese election whereby the dictator will be overwhelmingly re-elected in a race with only one contestant. We are living with the authoritarian dictator that you fear, and yet you keep reading the propaganda. Step back and look at the whole picture. As Joe Biden says, democracy is on the ballot this year, unless Joe’s minions can eliminate all of his competitors.