Gov. Spencer Cox of Utah showed us what moral courage and leadership looks like. His words should resonate with all Americans who love this country and want an end to political violence.
When did we become each others’ enemy? After Sept. 11, we were united in the belief that no one would make us live in fear. But we are increasingly unsafe and fearful of each other in schools, parks and grocery stores. How did we become this as a people?
Americans must demand better — a government that works to solve problems, rather than just putting more troops on the street. We need citizens who will respect one another.
The rhetoric after the heinous murder of a young man who loved his country must end. Charlie Kirk supported having more conversations. Prove me wrong.
I keep hearing that “they” killed him. There is no “they.” It was one disturbed young man with a gun. No different than the assassinations of Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband. Targeted political assassinations.
Tanya Miller, Hallandale Beach
The one rational voice
Gov. Spencer Cox sounded like the one rational voice calling for a stop to the division and scapegoating rhetoric.
Political violence is an insatiable beast that never stops craving carnage. We are being tested. The only way to stop this is to extend a hand across the aisle to the people we encounter in our everyday lives.
Nina Leonard, St. Augustine
What have we become?
I disagreed with Charlie Kirk’s views, sometimes strongly. But the reactions I saw afterward disturbed me almost as much as the murder itself. Too many celebrated it, as if tragedy is something to cheer when it strikes an opponent.
We can disagree and dislike each other’s politics, but celebrating death crosses a line. Violence is never the answer, and dehumanizing those we oppose only tears our country further apart. If we can’t agree that every family deserves compassion in a time of loss, then we must ask ourselves: What have we become?
Maliha Rahman, Plantation
A sheriff’s sham meeting
Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony recently held a public event in Deerfield Beach trying to convince his audience that City Manager Rodney Brimlow is a liar while constantly telling us how honest he is. But Tony has a record of concealing his own criminal past. He still has not honestly explained all the lies regarding his homicide arrest, drug use and horrific driving record.
A flyer for Sheriff Tony’s recent town hall in Deerfield Beach.
I went to his “Know The Facts” Town Hall meeting.
Those in the audience were required to write questions on index cards. BSO chose the questions. My question was, “Why didn’t you tell the Coral Springs P.D. you had been arrested for murder?”
Tony read it, and BSO ordered me to leave. I said they couldn’t because I was on private property, a church. The church pastor was coached by Capt. Adam Hofstein in front of me to ask me to leave because I was causing a problem.
I left. But it’s offensive and a violation of my First Amendment rights to get kicked out of a sham town hall meeting because I asked an unqualified sheriff a question he didn’t like. But I would have been arrested for trespassing.
Think about it. Sheriff Tony hosted a town hall to show that he’s honest and transparent. A resident asked a question he didn’t like. His response was to have me forced out or face arrest. It’s horrific behavior for someone in authority.
Tony is an unqualified, dishonest bully who will be in office for as long as he wants. That’s unfortunate.
Jerry Fuller, Coconut Creek
A hypocritical oath
The good doctor, Joseph Ladapo, confuses his hypocritical oath with the Hippocratic Oath.
On his effort to eliminate mandatory childhood vaccinations, he claims we are free to decide which FDA-approved vaccines we can inject into our bodies or “temples.” Yet how is it that only he is wise enough to decide if we’re free to receive FDA-approved mRNA vaccines? We’ve fallen farther down the rabbit hole.
Richard Carlson, Deerfield Beach
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