Las Vegas Sun

March 28, 2024

LETTER TO THE EDITOR:

Angered by the threatened shutdown

Most of us have experienced times when we could benefit from anger management classes. I confess that I am writing this letter due to no small amount of anger. Anger is appropriate in many circumstances. I believe this is one of those times. But too often we are angry for the wrong reasons, or our rage is driven by something internal that is more about our personal past than what is currently happening.

My anger relates to the abuses of those in government and certain private parties and organizations that tried illegitimately to shut government down to promote an extreme ideological agenda. Many of these people hate government because of some sentiment that is based on their distorted personal experience and a cynical perspective, rather than on any rational or reasonable logic. Some were out to shut down Planned Parenthood and other organizations because they are biased against women’s rights or they have been taught to hate anything that is humanitarian or socially responsible in nature.

For a few, abortion was the main factor to go after Planned Parenthood. But we should feel pity for those who wish to lower the status of our mothers, sisters and daughters. We should likewise pity those who fail to recognize that government has progressed through trial and error in our phenomenal system to a state of excellence. The real problems are created by corporations that manipulate legislators to undermine democracy.

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