Republican cult and Jim Jones

Echo letter to the editor published in Houma Today, a Louisiana newspaper: American democracy died.

It was slain by #TFG Donald Trump and his cult minions in the U.S. Senate. Indeed, it was devastating to watch insurgents invade the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, our very center of democracy. 

This was done at the behest of their seditious leader, and the vast majority of the Republican party voted to acquit him, even after seeing and hearing overwhelming testimony sufficient to convict him.

By doing this, a clear message was sent to staffers and all personnel who work at the Capitol: You’re on your own. It’s tragically ironic that people were beaten and killed in defense of the very people who, by not voting to convict, seem to condone it. Not holding Trump accountable is an insult to every victim and every American patriot.

This blind commitment to Trump by these politicians is cult-like, and Trump seems cast as the new Jim Jones. What are these politicians afraid of? Why do some sacrifice their own moral standards for his benefit? What are they afraid of? 

I’ll tell you: They are afraid of YOU. They want to be reelected no matter what.

As long as you choose to look the other way and ignore the erosion of our American Constitution, set forth by our forefathers, and keep electing people like Trump, who seek not to govern but to rule, our country will suffer. 

Hold people like Donald Trump accountable, like any other citizen!

Too many valiant men and women have fought and died for the many freedoms we enjoy and take for granted, like voting. I am humbled by their sacrifice and I honor them by voting. We elected a new president, and Trump needs to get over it.

I pray that our beloved country can heal from this in spite of the injustice it has suffered. I pray for continued healing of the defenders of our Capitol. I pray nothing like that ever happens again. But after the verdict, no one can be sure.

I am reminded of a quote by Abraham Lincoln: “ America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.“ 

And the chilling words of Russian communist leader Nikita Khruschev in 1956: “We will take America without firing a shot. We do not have to invade the U.S. . We will destroy you from within.”

Lou Anna Guidry

Donald Trump is a failed role model - "no moral values": Echo letter

"What has happened to decency? Is it gone forever?"

This echo lesson about Trumpian incivility was published in HoumaToday, a Louisiana newspaper.

Donald Trump's perverse words are no laughing matter

https://www.houmatoday.com/news/20191025/letter-to-editor-these-words-president-has-uttered-are-no-laughing-matter
This is a letter to all of the people who have young children who are very impressionable. This is our next generation.

We have been taught as part of an older generation that we should respect our elders and be kind to everyone, no matter race, creed or color.

Where has this idea gone? We have a president of the United States who says anything, does anything, exhibits no moral values, and there are thousands of people who believe that what he says is funny and acceptable. I have seen some of their kids at many of his rallies who are listening to what this president says.

He calls people “human scum” or “crazy” or “bullshit,” and his followers just find that so funny. My question is, what is funny about belittling other human beings?

You must remember that your kids are watching you, and what you do or say or even believe will and can have an effect on them. You can’t teach your kids to be respectful to others when you sit behind a president who shows no respect and you go along with it.

You must remember, what goes around will surely come around. What has happened to decency? Is it gone forever? I am prayerful that there are still many individuals out there who still know right from wrong, decency from indecency.

I can remember when the person who was the president of these United States had high moral values and revered the position he held. What we have now leaves me wondering.

What in the world has happened to those who still feel as I do and want to gain that time back when we have someone in the White House that is not only respected but is respectful? What has happened to those who are called “evangelic?”

The God I know and serve commands us to love not some people, but all people. How can many of you go along with this president’s rhetoric where he talks about Mexicans and Latinos and other minority groups as not being part of the human society?

If you believe the Bible, you can’t take part of it and make it fit your values; you must take it in its totality. Can we allow four more years of this kind of immoral behavior?

The Rev. Thomas Williams Jr.,  Houma Louisiana