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Story sold magnitude of rallies short
Re: “Large crowds attend area ‘No Kings’ rallies” (Page B1, June 16).
The words “more than” were doing a lot of work.
The story indicated that more than 50 protests were planned in the Bay Area, then only listed the totals from San Francisco, San Jose, Oakland, Walnut Creek, Palo Alto, Hayward and Dublin, which added up to more than 140,000 in those cities alone. Fremont was estimated to have between 3,500-4,000 people. And there were 40-plus more protest venues that weren’t accounted for in the article.
Sure, it’s hard to get precise numbers, but not including these other cities or appearing to attempt to get more accurate numbers does your readers a disservice and hurts our democracy, which needs the media to be truth-tellers.
Rachel Mohr Fremont
California already has one-party rule: blue
Opinion and letter writers in your newspaper constantly speak of Donald Trump and the GOP creating “threats to our democracy,” “totalitarian, authoritarian or dictatorial government,” “elimination of the opposition,” and more, ad nauseam.
Perhaps they are unaware that California has been a one-party state for many, many years.
Do they really believe that total domination of state and local government by the Democratic Party fosters choice and diversity of ideas?
“Any color the voter wants, as long as it’s blue,” with apologies to Henry Ford.
Mike Smith Fremont
Blame Trump’s voters for chaos in nation
People are blaming the Democrats for Donald Trump being president. They are blaming Joe Biden. They are blaming Kamala Harris.
The only people to blame are the people who voted for Trump. An admitted and adjudicated sexual predator; a convicted felon; a traitor on Jan. 6 — this is who they chose for the leader of our country.
How do they explain this to their children? How do they avoid responsibility for their choice?
DiAnn Hillerman Oakland
Israeli strikes defend against Iran aggression
Re: “Israel launches new attack on Iran, escalating tensions” (Page A4, June 13).
Since 1979, Iran’s Islamic leadership has repeatedly called for the destruction of Israel and death to America. Iran has acted on those calls by waging its war against Israel through Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis and, until recently, Syria.
Ah, but everyone expects Israel to just sit there and take it. Sorry, but Iran does not get a free pass by hiding behind its war proxies. Iran started this war. Israel will finish it. In this context, Israel’s recent strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities and personnel is far from an act of aggression. Rather, it is a defensive move against an enemy that has repeatedly attacked Israel and called for its destruction.
No doubt, in the coming days and weeks, we will see the free Palestine crowd expand their protests to include support for Iran’s tyrannical regime, just as they have done with Hamas. That will speak volumes.
Mark Cohen Oakland
U.S. will always welcome immigrants
I am the son of an immigrant who fled Polish antisemitism in 1920 and, like many, came to the United States, in his case with a new name and a false birthdate. My wife’s family fled the Nazi’s first from Germany, then from Holland and then entered our country in 1941 from Cuba, using falsely obtained Haitian passports. I suppose they could be referred to as “illegals.”
However, as the offspring of these immigrants, we understand the universal desire to escape oppression and the eagerness of people to live free from tyranny. We support the rights of immigrants and refugees to seek asylum in the U.S. Today’s immigrants are as driven and hardworking as their predecessors. They are here to work, pay taxes, raise families and contribute to a free society.
Please let our elected representatives know that Americans will always welcome people here from all over the globe.
Daniel Safran Pleasant Hill
GOP conference chair summarizes selfishness
Republican Conference Chair Lisa McClain is the type of person who sees someone drowning and is more concerned about herself being splashed as they flail their arms and fight for their lives.
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