Dear Editor,
Wow! Ask a conservative to explain their beliefs, prepare yourself to be called names and have your character assassinated if they cannot give a logical answer. Take the Treaty of Tripoli for instance. The fact is, the word ‘asserting’ (as was stated by the writer of the letter “Freedom” in the Nov. 6 issue of The Standard) is not found in the text. A group of people calling themselves ‘wallbuilders’, founded by David Barton, an evangelical Christian political activist and founder of the organization ‘that promotes unorthodox theories about the religious basis of the United States’ argues – not surprisingly – that the word ‘asserting’ should be inserted into the text. However, if you actually read the treaty it does not contain the word.
Questions asked, but not answered, we see it every day on television. Ask a conservative if it is acceptable to withhold taxpayer’s funds to further a political agenda and you will likely get no answer or a bunch of hyperbole which will later be denied, as well as an attack on you character.
I simply want to understand the thought processes. Like how you can support someone who was fined $2 million for misappropriation of funds raised for veterans? Lies turn my stomach, and as Maya Angelou said, “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” So to the writer of “Freedom” who once described himself as a White Nationalist, now aligns himself with Christian Republicans, kudos!
Do not lower yourself to such childish behavior and I will ignore questions that are not pertinent, but continue to ask questions when something is incomprehensible to me. Nor will I expect civil discourse or answer, which would seemingly be a Christian act.
Here are a couple of posers for thought. You are getting a raise in your Social Security. Is that program in any way socialistic? And why doesn’t the word potato appear in the Bible?
Lloyd Dickson
Seligman
p.s. According to Google, the word God does not appear in the Constitution. Comments should be directed to Google.
