Letters to the Editor – Misleading headline, 9/11 remembrances, COVID-19, Ken Paxton
Headline missed the mark
Re: “Civil Rights Health? After the mandate, the local sparring will intensify ”, so the Saturday news.
The headline on Dallasnews.com read: “Some North Texans See Tyranny In Biden’s Vaccination Mandate; others say it confirms belief in gunfire, ”was your choice and therefore editorial. Instead of reflecting the opinion of the majority of Americans, use a dismissive “other,” which offsets and accentuates the dangerous reaction of the unvaccinated minority who hold the rest of us hostage. They are imposing a lifestyle of fear and ample caution on the rest of us, especially in states like Texas, where the governor is on the side of the virus (or his political career) rather than his constituents and their children.
Why don’t you give the facts such as: B. People who have to postpone operations, hospitals with scarce beds in intensive care units or children who not only live with the virus, but also with angry, confused adults who act out their fear or “loyalty” to a former president? . Your choice will only recognize and animate the group holding back suppression of the virus, when it needs to be marginalized, when it cannot be trained.
You know better than the reader that the headline of the story often influences a lot more than what you say in the body of the article. You have failed us, your readers.
Liz Wally, East Dallas
There might still be hope
Along with millions of my fellow American compatriots, I watched the 9/11 memorial programs on television and was moved to tears by “Amazing Grace”, “You’ll Never Walk Alone” and several inspiring hymns. It felt wonderful to be so united in song and testimony to our strengths as a nation “undivided with freedom and justice for all”.
And then a sadness settled in my heart as I wondered how long it would be before we spit in each other’s faces again, cursed each other with hideous nicknames, and politicized every aspect of our lives. Hopefully, just maybe, we’ve moved the needle a little more in the direction of politeness, kindness, and respect.
Ted M. Moore, Dallas
Maybe we conjured that up?
Re: “What is left of the rally? Americans have not yet learned the most important lessons we should have learned at the start of the war on terror, ”said Sunday Editorials.
In relation to this editorial, how can you expect us to learn something of value from the ashes of the towers without honestly explaining why they fell? The childish narrative of “they hate our freedoms” promoted by this paper only helps shift the blame on to a faceless other while obscuring our role in spreading misery and death in many of the poorest parts of the world. We should have learned that our government’s actions abroad have consequences for us at home.
Michael Tomaso, East Dallas
Mask yourselves, football fans
Recent letters to the Dallas Morning News editor praise Texas A&M football fans for creating a sea of red, white and blue in the Kyle Field stands with t-shirts. They don’t mention that the students were exposed and overcrowded. This week my grandson left A&M and returned home with COVID-19. Hopefully he will recover without permanent damage.
How many others will be left with permanent damage or even die? Texas A&M isn’t alone in spreading COVID-19. I am telling you that the true patriots are people who care enough about others to get vaccinated and then still wear their masks in public so we can root out this evil that has already killed 1,000 times more Americans has been considered throughout the 20 years of the war in the US Middle East.
Richard Guldi, Far North Dallas
Slip of the tongue
Re: “Paxton targets Richardson ISD – DISD could be next as AG vows to sue all districts with mask mandates,” the news on Saturday said.
Our defendant Attorney General Ken Paxton made an interesting slip of the tongue. As quoted by The Dallas Morning News, “Superintendents across Texas not only openly violate state laws, they also use district resources – which should be used for teacher pay increases or other educational benefits – to defend their illegal political maneuvers,” Paxton said in a statement.
The districts are maneuvering for health reasons and following the guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as best they can in this pandemic. The one doing political maneuvers is Paxton himself. He’s the one who is wasting our tax dollars suing school districts trying to protect students and teachers from the coronavirus. Paxton doesn’t seem to care about student health or our tax dollars. I think it’s time to get rid of him.
James R. Bridges, fate
A more accurate cartoon
While I appreciate the feeling the cartoonist brings to the Saturday paper with Lady Liberty and Uncle Sam on pedestals labeled Liberty and Freedom, I believe she portrayed these pedestals as being far too durable and sturdy. Right now our bases have huge cracks.
Lady Liberty and Uncle Sam are about to fall because too many have chosen raw power at the expense of the freedom and liberty of the rest of us. We don’t seem to have the will to do anything about it. Our nation’s democracy is in great danger of being lost along with freedom and liberty. This danger is dangerously close and is likely to affect the lives of our children and grandchildren for generations.
Why should they have to regain the freedoms our ancestors fought for because we let them be snatched from us? Why can’t we appreciate what we have and celebrate our differences? Why not celebrate truth and justice instead of division and seizure of power? Why wait to be surprised when these bases crumble?
Carol Stephenson, Mesquite
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