Contributed by Karen Robinette
This is a letter to all reasonable community members who voted Democrat in the belief that you were supporting peace, kindness, fairness, and equality of opportunity. Now that the election is over and your party has won at the national level, I ask you to pay attention and watch what your elected leaders actually do. Don’t just believe what you hear on CNN, MSNBC, CBS, ABC and PBS “news” shows. They are no longer any more honest than Pravda was in the Soviet Union. Listen to your leaders’ actual speeches, not the extracted moments on CNN. Listen to their actual statements in Congressional hearings, not the extracted moments on MSNBC news. Look at the actual laws they try to pass, not just the three-line summary described on PBS news. Please open your minds to seek facts honestly, question what you hear, and really think about what your leaders are doing.
For four years, we’ve been hearing from the press and leading Democrats that Donald Trump was a tyrant comparable to Adolf Hitler. Ask yourselves honestly: what did he actually do to live down to that example? He fired some staff members who weren’t doing the job he wanted done. Last I heard, firing staff is within the legitimate authority of any executive.
· How many millions of people did he haul away to be executed in concentration camps? None.
· What new wars did he start? None.
· How many members of the press, who have attacked him mercilessly and constantly, has he jailed for doing so? None.
· What has he done to censor criticisms of him or his actions? Nothing.
· Which ethnic groups has he declared to be scum and then rounded up for execution? None.
· When invited to lock all Americans in their homes in the name of COVID-19, did he? No. Joe Biden promises to do exactly that for 100 days after his inauguration.
In what way can anyone honestly say that Donald Trump resembled Adolf Hitler? Think.
Who has pushed to send more troupes overseas? Members of Congress, military leaders and members of the foreign policy establishment and military-industrial complex have fought for more U.S. military action overseas. President Trump made them furious by refusing.
Who has actively attempted to censor speech they don’t agree with? That’s been members of the Democrat controlled press and woke cultural leaders. Watch Senate and House hearings on social media from 2020 and notice which members of Congress pushed those executives to censor speech even more aggressively. Is it the Republicans who copy fascist leaders in trying to censor speech they don’t like? No, it’s Democrats.
Who used COVID-19 to force small businesses to close in every state and city in which they controlled power? It wasn’t Donald Trump.
Who has acted more like Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin and Chairman Mao? Is it those who have called their opponents liars but done nothing to shut them up or those who have censored opposing speech at every turn and are now threatening to make lists of every Trump supporter to “destroy them”?
America faces an existential threat. Major media and social media have conspired to divide Americans into hostile tribes. This is good for corporate media moguls looking for clicks and the advertising dollars they bring. This is good for the Chinese Communist Party. This is good for Vladimir Putin. This is good for Kim Jong-Un and the Iranian government. But it is tearing America apart.
Please… If you are a well-meaning human being who wants your children to be able to walk the streets in safety, earn decent livings, and raise their children in freedom and prosperity, stop blindly listening to media. Start seeking out actual facts and thinking carefully about what they mean. Start listening to people who disagree with you and seeking common ground. If we don’t come together and rediscover our mutual humanity, we will lose everything we’ve come to value. There isn’t much time left.
When you hear prominent Democrats in the media and elected office liken all Trump supporters to devils, remember that approximately half of Americans voted for Trump in the last election even if it is considered to have been honest. Do you really want to ban, blacklist, silence, and “destroy” half of America because they believe in freedom and prosperity?
If yes, which side is acting like Hitler?
It is time for all well-meaning Americans to step back from hate. Work to communicate with those who disagree with you. Look for common ground. Find out facts before you react to the claims made by a dishonest media. Stop letting radicals manipulate you into supporting tyrannical policies.