Judy Reinl, Rice
I am surprised an editor would publish such a hateful story in your newspaper – the one in Dec. 18 on the opinion page (Shout out against barring of Muslims). Thank goodness it’s surrounded by two beautiful stories on the same page.
Evidently you haven’t lost a loved one to terrorism as so many have. I see this article not as protecting Muslims but a political hatred against Trump. Most people see Trump as trying to keep Americans safe and that includes you and I. He is not against Muslims but against terrorists. They have threatened to enter with refugees and if even one gets in it will be disastrous. Trump is calling for a halt on refugees right now. You say refugees are here with no job, also no food, no insurance and more and who is giving that to them: taxpayers! We who have worked in America for all our lives (me for 50 years) only to pay high taxes to support refugees and now a threat that terrorists can come in with them? The present situation has no relations to Nazis and Jews as you compare. That is insane that you should try to influence people by publishing this in your newspaper! Muslims need to unite to defeat the terrorists and protect their own religion! I am sure MY opinion won’t be published, but I want you to know how your article sounds to some of us. How about home invasions and terrorist attacks on innocent people? Don’t we have a right to protect OUR homes and loved ones as Obama has so many guns protecting HIS home? Are we less important? This is exactly what Trump is trying to do, to make America safe again. He wants like so many Americans to be safe to go about our daily lives again! Isn’t that what we ALL want?
(Editor’s note: Nowhere in the column Ms. Reinl refers to is there any suggestion of hatred against Donald Trump, as she claims. Rather, the column raps Trump for being inflammatory and ridiculous for lumping all Muslims together under the “terrorist” rubric, thus bringing a climate of fear-mongering and suspicion against all Muslims worldwide, including our Muslim friends right here in central Minnesota. Yes, the column raps Trump, but unlike so many of Trump’s recent vile comments, the column does not incite hatred.)