ANSWER TO RECENT GUEST COLUMN BY JODIE SINCLAIR
I read with interest the recent Guest Column written by Jodie Sinclair. After reading the column I’ve come to the conclusion that Jodie probably is not a communist, just misguided. Jodie brought up WWII, which is a good place to begin. Why did the German people decide to follow Hitler? The reason was Joseph Goebbels, Minister of Propaganda and Public Enlightenment. He knew that if you told a lie enough times, it became a truth to most people. There was an effort to discourage free thought – immediately discount ideas that don’t fit the party line.
Like Jodie I was born in the late 1930s and remember the war effort with paper drives and all manner of things to help win in both the Pacific and in Europe. I remember sitting close to the radio to hear Gabriel Heatter tell us the events of WWII. We always hoped he would begin with his famous opening line: “There’s good news tonight.”
One of the things I was able to do as I got older was to visit several of the Nazi camp sites in Europe. I visited the site of the initial hostilities of WWII and the Danzig area as well as the Japanese city of Nagasaki where the last atomic bomb of WWII was dropped. Visiting these sites was both emotional, educational and inspiring. Between reading and travel I learned so much about human nature and man’s inhumanity toward man.
It appears that Jodie is opposed to what President Trump is doing – but to be fair, we should take a much broader view of history. Look back to the Obama and Biden presidencies and see what was happening then. One example of questionable conduct was when Hillary Clinton began her campaign for President, and the infamous meeting that took place in the oval office when Obama, Biden, Comey, Clapper and Brennan all approved a plan by the Clinton Campaign to fabricate a relationship between Trump and Russia, all to detract from the emerging scandal involving Clinton’s personal email server. If you are unsure if these facts are correct, John Brennan, the Director of the CIA took careful notes detailing it all – including the motivation. The country suffered with this bit of nasty for years. Then open borders, and the lies that the border was secure. And then there is so much more.
Not only look back, but also ahead – the Antisemitic wing of the Democrat party is as rabid as any true Nazi. You best watch those folks; they are playing with fire. At Dachau, Flossenbürg and other sites, I saw the terrible remnants of what antisemitism and hate can produce.
Biden directed Merrick Garland’s Department of Justice to target enemies of his Administration, resulting in multiple indictments against Trump, and his supporters – that wrongfully cost many people their life savings and their livelihood. For what? Jodie listed two things we must do. I would respectfully ask that Jodie add number 3 and 4: 3) Try to have a conversation with someone you disagree with, and try to see events from their perspective.
4) Become a true researcher and search out truth. Do not rely on only one source for information – read several newspapers, watch multiple TV and cable channels, travel as much as you can and talk to people about what is happening to them. Remember the old song: “Don’t believe anything you hear, and only half of what you see.”
Looking at the totality of the Obama/Biden and the Trump Administrations reflects a clear difference. Trump is America first/follow the Constitution and Obama/ Biden were America last, marginalize anyone that objects. When you compare, there is no comparison.
Steve Porter Bandera, TX Steve Porter is a graduate of Boerne High School, lived the American Dream, and did a bit of travel before he retired to Texas.
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