Reader put off by recent
cartoon in newspaper
I, like most people claim to have a pretty wide sense of humor. I love a good joke, a talented comedian, a well performed comedy and I love the fact that the comics are the last thing in your paper. It gives me a little humor before beginning my day.
I would like to think most people are not amused by hateful, misplaced ideas being used to promote ideologies under the guise of humor. A perfect example of this was displayed in Sunday’s newspaper. Your political cartoon depicting the president surrounded by hate symbols (Nazi swastikas) was totally inappropriate.
I would also hope others, like me, who enjoy reading the newspaper were as put off by this as I was. If you don’t like our president, our governor, or our football coach that’s OK. Using hateful speech and symbols, that have long been associated with hate groups and genocide, is not. These things should not be displayed for young, unformed minds to see.
This type of journalism is not intended to promote unity or to inform but rather it is an attempt to promote biased thoughts and ideas.
If you don’t like our president then say it, the editor of this paper does not like our president. Using this type of journalism contributes to many of the problems we have today. I feel an apology, at the least, is due to the readers of this paper. An editor’s job is, after all, to edit the content of the publication, it is not a license to promote political propaganda in the name of news.
Lewis Ault
Reedsville
Teach children value of
aiding, welcoming others
Recently, I went to my friend Scott’s house to help him pack to move. His two children, Mary and Hunter, said they would only go to sleep after he told them a story. I stood by the door and listened.
“It was a winter night in West Virginia. The moon shone over the leafless trees. Two young children — let’s call them Mary and Hunter — were falling asleep when they heard some strange sounds outside. Steps got closer to their window. Suddenly, someone knocked on the glass, knock, knock, knock!
“Mary got out of bed to see what was outside. To her surprise, she saw two trembling skeletons, a father and a son. When the father skeleton saw the children, he begged: ‘Heeeelloooo, frrrriends I’m here outside freezing in this cold night, could you help me and my kid?”
At that point Scott asked Mary and Hunter: “What should the children do? Should they throw something at the skeletons to scare them away? Or let the skeletons get inside and offer them tea, so they can warm up?”
The children chose the second option, even if they questioned how it was possible for a skeleton to drink tea. Scott answered: “We can figure out how to help them after they are safe.”
He added, “I’m really proud of your decision. Always remember, there are people out there who need our help.”
That night, I was proud to be Scott’s friend. He represents, as most Americans do, the values that are engraved at the feet of the Statue of Liberty. We need to teach those values to our children. People out there need our help, and we need to welcome them, no matter how strange or scary they look to us. No human being is illegal.
Luis Andres Guillen
Morgantown
Agenda to systematically
disarm American people
I read the editorial in Sunday’s The Dominion Post in reference to the tragedy that occurred at Sandy Hook Elementary in 2012 and the efforts of some to place blame on the gun manufacturer for this horrible event.
Let me be clear. All law-abiding citizens are heartbroken at what happened and have empathy for the families of the victims.
That being said, we must not forget the real agenda of these people and that of some state and federal politicians. That is the disarming of the American people by systematically undermining the Second Amendment.
At least West Virginia has an attorney general who has consistently supported our right to bear arms and is willing to defend all of our constitutional rights.
I also believe that the majority of West Virginians appreciate Patrick Morrisey’s efforts to stand up for gun rights and against those who have an obvious political agenda, including this newspaper.
Charles T. Krushansky
Westover
