Distortions by Dems, Republicans rampant
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Editor,
Two letters printed in the Valley Journal on Sept. 12 deserve comment.
Mimi and Irv Milheim urged readers to see the movie, “Obama’s America - 2016.” So I did. Movies such as this one can be created by any politically driven person or group, whether Democrat or Republican. They try to give the illusion of “truth.” But just as the viewer of any infomercial knows, the discourse within such a program is considerably slanted and edited to present something to sell. Truths or partial-truths are incidental to the purpose of selling the product.
Indeed I, too, encourage people to see the film - support your local theater business. However, just as when watching QVC selling “aging reversal cream,” or a TV preacher urging you to send in money, or someone promoting a book titled, “How to lose weight, get rich, and save the planet,” it would be a good idea to examine the practices being used to seduce you into buying the product.
Go see the film - and watch for the parts where the screen shows a printing of names of people associated with Obama (variations of it are shown many times - so you can’t miss it).
In their letter, Mimi and Irv also employ the words “Marxist” and “Hitler,” which would likely strike fear and loathing into readers. You know, it is tough enough to sort out issues and to come to reasonable decisions about political matters without throwing around emotionally laden words that imply, “Be afraid - be very afraid.”
Another letter (from Norm Johnson) similarly stretches far afield and tries to associate the Democratic Party with “the anti-God Communist Party.” Please, can’t we have civilized discussions about the purposes and means of having a government without polarizing things into the “all-or-none” mentality? He postulates that if only about half of the delegates voiced approval for the amendment to put the word “god” back into the platform, that therefore the entire Democratic Party was “anti-god.” Such nonsense.
In reality, the issue of religion in government deserves much more open and wide discussion. There are many personally-nuanced reasons why people might want (or not want) supernatural beliefs within their government of rules and expectations. Our civilization is evolving. Beliefs are changing. Solutions are usually complicated. Polarization and using techniques of fear are not the ways to come to meaningful decisions that affect all of the citizens of our great country.
Gene Johnson
Polson
