When you know your opinion doesnt reflect the majority, its tempting to sit out the dance; to play the wallflower.
The Register acknowledges its opinions arent reflected in the majority of local votes cast for state and national candidates. Being the outsider can cause us to second-guess ourselves and wonder if were really that out of sync with our neighbors.
Even so, when moved, we speak up. For we must.
ON WEDNESDAY, pipe bombs were delivered to the homes of Hillary and Bill Clinton and Michelle and Barack Obama.
And in the back of our minds we hear the chants, Lock her up. Lock her up. CNN sucks. CNN sucks.
We replay the racist overtones of marches in Charlottesville, Virginia, the burning of torches by people whose arms bear swastikas.
And we are not to believe these bombs werent an outgrowth of such hate?
Eric Holder, former U.S. Attorney General for President Obama, was also the target of a bomb Wednesday, as were former vice president Joe Biden, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, former head of the Democratic National Committee, Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., John Brennan, former director of the CIA, actor and frequent Trump critic Robert DeNiro, and George Soros, donor to Democrats and progressive causes.
All signs point to these violent acts as being politically motivated.
OUR PRESIDENT thrives on negative energy, getting people to whoop and holler when he says he likes people who body slam others, when in any other situation they would be saying, Really? You like people who physically assault others? What kind of person are you?
Our president boasts of grabbing womens crotches. He openly derides peoples physical appearance; last weeks was horseface, or their integrity, Lyin Ted, or their abilities, Low IQ Waters.
And what happens?
It sets the tone. It gives us permission to tear others down in public.
Scroll Facebook and youll see people you thought you knew liking derogatory comments about not only public figures, but also local volunteers just trying to do a good job for the hospital or school board.
And before you know it, idle threats escalate into out-and-out violence.
