‘The woke left is making this beautiful country into an abyss’ | Opinion
Wokeness shows decaying norms
“Wokeness” shows the decay of the United States’ social and cultural norms.
Democrats and progressives act as the judge and jury in the nation’s social and cultural matters imposing on everyone their belief system and self-proclaimed moral superiority. However, anyone who does not agree or rebuts their claims is a racist, bigot, anti-LGBT or does not respect women’s rights, and many others. Radical views are those espoused by progressives, who, at large, have the more extreme ideas when we look at them closely.
The left is the anti-patriotic political party: this nation was built on the backs of proud men and women who revere this nation of laws and love for their country. Yet the left is making these patriotic activities seen as tyrannical emblems that must be removed from our social and cultural norms.
The woke left is making this beautiful country into an abyss. The left’s quest to destroy this beautiful nation contributes to the destruction of trust in our institutions, social norms and laws that made the United States the greatest nation to ever exist.
May Jules, Richland
How will police enforce new law?
Could someone please tell me what good it does to pass an ordinance against sitting or lying on the sidewalk in downtown Kennewick when there is already one against it for three other areas in Kennewick that does not work? Have you been near Kennewick Avenue and Highway 395 at any time of day? There are always lots of people begging, camping on sidewalks, openly drinking, doing drugs and selling drugs — in broad daylight. It only gets worse after dark.
Yes I understand that this specific ordinance has hours listed that only prohibit it during those times, but why is any of this allowed at any time? There were no panhandling signs posted at all of these areas, but as soon as they go up, they are destroyed. I know that our police are understaffed and overworked and vilified by a portion of our population, but do not keep adding more rules when you do not enforce the ones you already have. I now do not shop at any of the businesses in that area because it has become unsafe to do so.
Susan M. Bailey, Kennewick
Why not fence pond at busy site?
On the southeast corner at the intersection of 27th Avenue and Highway 395 in Kennewick, there is an unfenced body of water which can only be defined as an “attractive, inviting danger.” More so, if the person involved is a child who has wandered away from the motel adjacent (or other nearby shops).
If that body of water were on my property, I would be cited and/or required to enclose or fence it. The body of water in question is neither fenced nor enclosed. The sides of the hole containing the water are steep, making it difficult or impossible to climb out.
I brought this up years ago — nothing.
Kind of like school shootings — wait ‘til it happens, then do something.
This is “see something, say something.”
This is a red flag.
What does it take ?
Aaron Holloway, Richland
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