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Government response to Kirk murder politically motivated
Our government’s response to Charlie Kirk’s murder seems politically motivated. It starts with the assumption that the shooter was a “leftist lunatic” with “leftist ideology.”
Who was politically embarrassed by the killing of Kirk by a white kid raised in Republican Mormon Utah? They must have the kid be gay in a romantic relationship with a transgender lover. What else could explain why he shot Kirk like a military sniper?
The Utah governor was sad because the shooter was one of their own. The FBI Director was desperate to solve the case to save his job. The US Attorney General says they are going after anyone over hate speech. Saying you didn’t like Kirk has had many people fired or cancelled.
“Salt Lake, we have a problem” and it’s how do we pin the shooter as a person from the left. Questionable emails between the shooter and his “lover” sound like they were doctored by prosecutors who possibly had the scared roommate in a threatening interrogation.
The president and Utah governor must have an answer that blames a horrific crime on the political left. Then the “left” can be federally censored for their opposing politics.
Pete Scobby Newport
Charlie Kirk
The assassination of Charlie in Utah made him a martyr. Charlie went to high school and college campuses to share truth and his faith. He was conservative. He opened debate to anyone. He encouraged those who disagreed with him to go first. He would answer their questions from a Constitutional and Biblical perspective. Charlie never went to college. He founded Turning Point USA (TPUSA) when he was 18. As it turns out, Charlie didn’t need college, colleges needed Charlie.
He started with small crowds, mostly those that disagreed with his point of view. He ended with massive crowds, mostly those who agreed with him. Colleges indoctrinate our children. Charlie helped them see the truth.
For years the Dems and MSM painted Trump as Hitler and his supporters as Fascists/Nazis. College professors would do the same. This is how some hoped it would end. Logically, do you really think 81M Americans would vote for ‘Hitler’? I didn’t think so either. No riots, just prayer vigils.
It’s not going to end well for them. Since his murder, there have been over 62K new inquiries about starting new chapters around the country. They woke a sleeping giant. TPUSA is about to shift gears.
Glen Pierce Spokane/Cusick
Baumgartner right to condemn hateful rhetoric
I have been critical of Representative Michael Baumgartner in the past for what I would characterize as his unwillingness to deal honestly with his constituents and his total abdication of his traditional role as a member of Congress. However, when he gets something right, he should be commended. And so, I thank him for his unequivocal condemnation of political violence and hateful rhetoric in the wake of last week’s assassination of Charlie Kirk.
Unlike the President, members of his party in Congress, media figures, random dudes on social media who trafficked in repugnant, divisive and threatening rhetoric, Baumgartner stated: “We must find our way back to a time when disagreements didn’t lead to dehumanization, and certainly not to violence.” A noble goal, thank you Congressman.
Deidre McAuliffe Loon Lake
Right has one message
As a senior resident I’ve many years voting for Republicans and Democrats. The last 10 years I’ve found far fewer Republicans to support. The right has evolved into one major message - We know the one right way to live, everybody else is wrong, and we must remold society to fit into our way.
I believe there are many ways to live, and each of us should be able to choose our own way and everybody can be ‘right’, agree to disagree, and respect choices different from our own. The belief that there is only one right to live is a root cause of more wars and misery than anything else I can think of.
Rick Kelly Newport
Integrity
Respect thy neighbor and thy family and those you meet for their opinions matter too, have an open mind to understand how they feel and how they arrived at their point of view. Recognize their right to protest even though with them you may not agree, chants they sing and signs they bring should be granted, but violence there cannot be. A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise person holds it in check, uncontrolled rage and anger, begets further fury and humanity it can surely wreck. Our Constitution is nearly 250 years old, the first amendment includes freedom of speech, America has changed and is losing moral decency and respect for our laws have been breached. We can have disagreements and different ideas, but there is surely no need for hate, years of working together to merge our ideas and solve problems has made America great. We all should want to bring back the unbending principle of dignity to our country, using integrity, maturity, restraint and the “The Golden Rule” to put America back where it should be.
Kevin Hunt Newport
The empathy trap
Rebuttal to Paul Moore’s Sept. 17 letter: Looking at social issues “from multiple perspectives” is useful indeed, especially at the local level within our community. I’m sure our judges are skilled at ensuring accountability while compassionately considering a person’s background and circumstances.
While you compared me to that beautiful soul, Glen Pierce (which I take as a compliment), I’m actually a Leftie. I’m all about empathy, compassion and being open minded – up to a point. Now that empathy is being weaponized and open-mindedness is exploited by the mainstream media for political purposes, I realized that the trap for us Lefties is to lose our moral compass as our heartstrings are pulled – so that the need for accountability is forgotten!
Now that I see the illogical and dangerous direction that the weaponized media is herding us, I feel it’s crucial to take a firm moral stance on social issues. This is where Glen and I wholeheartedly intersect – it’s non-partisan.
So, my Sept. 3 letter was attempting to show how the national media frames events for political purposes, to push a narrative intended to manipulate our empathy, in order to reshape our reactions and behaviors in their image.
Kamori Cattadoris Newport
Spending local is a choice
In my opinion, every small business in every small town needs every dollar spent locally for survival.
When a business displays political signage that not everyone agrees with, you lose patronage! It is a hard enough struggle to keep folks spending their dollars locally.
Any business that celebrates any event that excludes your own community members, you lose! My dollars can be spent anywhere.
I choose not to support any business that excludes my friends and neighbors!
Choose wisely my friends.
Cindy Boober Newport
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Where is the concern for other killings?
There has been a great deal of angst concerning the murder of Charlie Kirk. While I also was appalled that someone was killed for espousing their beliefs, I found it troubling that no such outrage was displayed by the same writers about the shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers in June. I searched issues of The Miner for a month after the shootings. Not one word of concern from them about political assassinations. It must be that bias everyone is talking about these days. In other news the exaggerator– in-chief is at it again. It seems he who would be king thinks over 80% of this country has died of drug overdoses, 300 million to be exact. Such ignorance of basic facts. And speaking of facts, this regime is now trying to erase any that it disagrees with. Perhaps they would like the national bird to be an ostrich hiding its head in the sand. As has been pointed out, denying reality doesn’t make it go away.
Steve Bennett Newport
