Progressives are on a roll lately
Wal-Mart will soon only sell eggs from cage-free chickens, elsewhere men and women and in-betweeners can all share the same public bathrooms (just bring your own proof of gender, I suppose), and we soon won’t have those unsightly Confederate memorials to look at any longer.
According to John Crisp’s column on April 23, all appears to be right in the world. Thankfully, the so-called “progressives” seem to be on a roll in fixing the things that they feel matter to all of us. I’m sure it is only a matter of time before they tackle Jihadist terrorism, the $19 trillion national debt, and the rise in ignorance that plagues our country. After, of course, they outlaw water pistols.
RICK BARNETT, JOHNS CREEK
Clinton blind to woes of working class
There’s been a class war raging in the U.S. for four decades. Two politicians address this — Trump and Sanders. Whereas Sanders talks about it directly, Trump acknowledges it by saying trade deals like the TPP are catastrophic for working people.
Clinton cannot even see the class war. To her, what has happened is the result of a triumph of meritocracy rather than a U.S. Chamber of Commerce-led dismantling of not just the New Deal, but the erasing of the mark of Teddy Roosevelt on society as well. If she is the Democratic nominee, working people are likely to either stay away from the polls on election day, or else go with Trump, who at least has given recognition to their plight.
Clinton reflects the direction the Democratic Party has taken. Once the party of working people, it has become the party of professionals, and relies primarily on being the lesser of two evils to get the worker vote: “You’ll get nothing from us, but you know you’d be worse off with those other guys.” The abdication of its role as the protector of working people is what has made the election of Donald Trump a real possibility.
DEAN POIRER, DULUTH
How will ‘bathroom laws’ be enforced?
I am very confused as to how the so-called “bathroom law” in North Carolina (and other states) will work. I am a self-identifying male and my birth certificate confirms I was born male. If, however, when I am in a men’s restroom, someone accuses me of being in the wrong restroom, what happens next? Does someone restrain me while police are called? If I don’t happen to have a copy of my birth certificate on me, am I taken to jail? Do I have to drop my pants and have my genitalia inspected? I cannot imagine how — or that — these laws would be enforced unless someone were assaulted or molested. In that case, there are already laws on the books for criminal offenders. It is hard for me to see what this legislation has accomplished other than offering its proponents an opportunity for political grandstanding and creating another layer of government interference in people’s personal lives.
MARK E. LEWIS, DECATUR
Trump not a hypocrite on plant moves
The letter writer of “Trump proposal smells of hypocrisy” on April 24 wants to know how Ford putting an automobile plant in Mexico, which provides high-paying jobs there, is any different than our welcoming plants from KIA and Hyundai, which provide high-paying jobs here. It’s really quite simple. Automobiles produced in the U.S. plant are for purchase and use in the U.S. — made here, bought here. If the Ford plant in Mexico was strictly to produce automobiles for sale and use in Mexico, that would be fine. But that is not the case.
GRANT ESSEX, WOODSTOCK
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