Letters: ‘No Kings’ rallies featured patriotism on parade
Submit your letter to the editor via this form Read more Letters to the Editor No Kings rallies put patriotism on parade Re No Kings rallies galvanize region Page A Oct Saturday I attended two local No Kings rallies They were uplifting People lined the streets holding home-made signs for passing cars People stated their love for America and its Constitution There was as much flag-waving and wearing red white and blue clothing as on any July th Related Articles Letters The president should not be an enemy to half the nation Letters San Jose s new shelter director offers a fresh start Letters Trump succeeds in Mideast where diplomats have failed Letters Bay Area leaders must act to stabilize BART Letters Proposition is unfair and unnecessary Republican maintains beforehand that they were Hate America rallies were so inaccurate as to be laughable Flag-waving aside what could be truer to American procedures than people exercising their First Amendment rights to assemble and petition their ruling body and tell it what they think of its policies What is more American Our revolutionary origins story is about resisting a tyrannical king for violating our inalienable rights The crowds I was in conducted themselves peacefully and patriotically I do not say that the president s supporters are un-American but I do say emphatically that in the modern day s protesters were as patriotically American as anyone can be Beth Howard-Pitney Cupertino Bay Area marches were a sanctuary for sanity Re No Kings rallies galvanize region Page A Oct Saturday s peaceful No Kings protest at St James Park was a magnificent show of sanity humor and population outrage I was especially heartened that the San Jose Police Department made us feel safe and respected as we exercised our First Amendment rights Karyn Sinunu-Towery San Jose Prop undermines the people s power Proposition undermines fair representation by allowing temporary partisan control over congressional maps Gerrymandering silences voters protects political power and erodes the principle that establishment should serve the people Every citizen deserves equal representation not boundaries drawn to entrench one side s advantage Democracy depends on transparency and accountability not manipulation by Gov Gavin Newsom Akeem Mostamandy San Jose Irresponsible Measure A deserves our no vote Re Vote no on Measure A sales tax hike Page A Oct As a life-long resident here in Santa Clara County I know I don t like taxes but I tolerate the pain when I see that local regime is fiscally responsible That s not the development with our current county leadership They have exploded the size of their operation over the past meager years without fiscal restraint as shown by the Mercury News editorial this last Sunday In addition to all the points the editorial staff mentioned they have ignored warnings from three contemporary civil grand jury reports criticizing them for poor policies and fiscal procedures Their response in each scenario was essentially We don t agree with your findings and we re not changing anything It s time for them to tighten their belt and cut the fat before coming to us for more money I urge you to join me in voting no on Measure A Rich Crowley San Jose Dehumanizing tactics by ICE must end The conditions in ICE detention facilities and during ICE raids are catastrophic and extremely humiliating Families are being torn apart children are wondering if their parents will return home and people are being treated as criminals rather than human beings Multiple are held in cramped cells with inadequate food no diagnostic care and limited access to legal representation These are not dangerous people they are parents laborers and dreamers who have come here looking for safety and opportunities It breaks my heart to see them handled so cruelly Nobody deserves to be imprisoned in horrible conditions or to live in constant fear of being removed from their home As a neighborhood we cannot remain silent The suffering and trauma caused by ICE raids and detention facilities must end Everyone is entitled to dignity respect and the right to live without fear Crystal Murillo Monterey Permitting hate speech will end democracy Much has been made of the communications among young Republicans in New York Rife with racism sexism misogyny and guffawing comments about using a gas chamber these thoughts are truly repugnant What s been ignored in this discussion is that somebody raised these people Somebody stated it s OK to think these thoughts And if not why aren t they admonishing their offspring to behave at a minimum in a Christian manner It s become common for members of the MAGA cult to compliment their leader for giving them the freedom to speak their minds It s now quite clear that a lot of what people are thinking is morally bankrupt and their cult leader is only too happy to encourage these thoughts and the concomitant behaviors associated with them Senior members of the cult cower in fear of the leader s disfavor and refuse to condemn any of this A democratic society cannot survive if this continues Eugene Ely San Jose
