Letter to the LNP Editor; text as submitted August 12, 2025
General understanding seems to be that the Democrats comprise the liberal party, and Republicans are conservative. This designation raises a multitude of questions.
To “conserve” is to preserve, to protect, and to save. How does allowing $800,000 worth of emergency food aid to rot in a warehouse rather than distributing it to starving children preserve life? What is conservative about the proposed rejection of the “endangerment finding,” which has underpinned environmental protection efforts since 2009? Will cancelling critical research projects and terminating the positions of thousands of medical professionals save our lives?
The repeated violations of and threats to the provisions of our Constitution demonstrate clearly that the current Republican regime is anything but conservative. The President usurps Congressional powers of taxation, while a supine Republican majority offers no protest. His on-going attempts to limit the definition of citizenship are the subject of several current court cases. He lies about conditions in our cities to justify sending in federal troops. His rapidly escalating grabs for dictatorial power, and the cadre that supports him, pose a dire threat to our democratic republic.
Our country needs an honest, legitimate conservative political party – one that takes a cautious, carefully researched and vetted approach to making changes in laws and policies; one that promotes highly skilled, scrupulously honest leadership in government departments and agencies; one that values strict adherence to the U.S. Constitution and the rule of law.
In the 1850s the Republican party emerged as a reformist movement. Now it needs itself to be reformed or replaced. We must all work together to stop these authoritarian threats and preserve the nation we love.
No comments:
Post a Comment