Dear Editor,
Every American voter received a gift from the recent rally of Donald J. Trump in Madison Square Garden.
In that rally, speakers and Trump himself spewed a seemingly endless litany of lies intended to instill fear and hatred of others, combined with loathsome and outrageous statements about Kamala Harris.
The gift to all of us: Donald Trump and his supporters provided the clearest, most unambiguous demonstration possible that the essence of the Trump campaign is a know no bounds effort to persuade American voters to fear and hate others who are in any way different from themselves.
This all-out effort to divide us is, of course, exactly what the dictators who have declared their undying hatred of America want and which they themselves are devoting a massive effort of fake news, hacking and distribution of cash to American collaborators to achieve. Yes, you read that right. Putin is putting money in the pockets of Americans who are delighted to take it and to do their level best to spread hatred of our fellow Americans.
The question is: will American voters buy into this dangerous non-sense or will they see through this fog of lies, all chosen for the purpose of persuading us to distrust and loath one another?
Americans have the clearest possible choice. Hate thy neighbor? Love they neighbor?
By our votes for president, each of us will be deciding what kind of America we wish to live in and what kind of person embodies that choice.
Bruce Menke
Athens
I'm tired of paying for the welfare lifestyle of my "neighbors."
Why can't my "neighbors" get their fecal-selves together. It is not my fault.
Let's raise the bar.
Let’s talk about hate for a second. You have the entire administration first calling everyone not a Democrat a MAGA supporter and a threat to democracy. The same administration calling any white male that isn’t a Beta cuck a white nationalist and the biggest threat to national security. It goes deeper, you have former President Obama and others trying to shame Black Males into “falling in line”. The Democratic Party hates men period. Love they neighbor?? You want me to think the Democrat Party loves me???
Your fixation on Russia shows your true lack of understanding of our media. Most young females get their news from social media, namely TikTok. It isn’t just the Russians. It’s Iran, Russia, and China…