Noose is free speech, not hate

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The article about the noose in a window (Leader, June 19) should not be getting so much attention. It’s free speech and nothing else. David Neiwert blames it on the radical right in the age of Trump. Let’s look at the radical liberal left with BLM, Antifa, Black Panthers, anarchist, communist, and socialist organizations, some of which urge lawbreaking “direct action” including violence, arson, and intimidation.

Remember the videos and pictures of the highways being blocked so emergency vehicles could not get through which caused people to lose their lives trying to get to hospitals. Ambushing of  law enforcement officers, assaults on citizens by gangs of blacks. The fires and property damage. The gangs of thugs running the streets with hoodies and masked faces. He writes of the Civil War and the KKK which he forgets to mention was founded and operated by southern Democrats. They oppressed blacks back then and doing it today with welfare, affirmative action, etc. He mentions lynchings like blacks were the only people that were hanged. Hangings date back to early times and happened often in the early west. As for the history of slavery it started in Europe & Africa. African tribes murdered each other and took captives as slaves and even sold them to slave traders. Funny how the liberal left never mentions that. We used to hear that everything was Bush’s fault, now it’s Trump’s fault. The liberals are like teenagers in trouble and blame everyone else for their problems. Don’t worry about the noose in the window and do something like flying the American flag in your yard.

Gary H. Price
Port Ludlow