A republic, and can we keep it?
The quote “A republic, if you can keep it,” credited to Benjamin Franklin, and George Washington’s warning about political parties are relevant today. We must understand there is no guarantee this republic will continue.
Franklin’s warning should be taken seriously. Citizens of other countries have succumbed to strong leaders. One recent example is Putin effectively becoming president for life. It is our responsibility to be sure that never happens here. When someone tries to postpone an election, sends unidentified troops into a town, takes citizens away in unmarked cars, calls the press the “enemy of the people” or tries to convince us the next election will be “rigged,” our republic is in danger.
George Washington’s farewell address warned us about political parties. He feared that party loyalty would supersede loyalty to country. Now, 232 years after the Constitution was ratified, the term “tribe” has entered our language, and terms like “take our country back,” “it’s us versus them,” “they will destroy the country” are now common. We are no longer a united country, we are two tribes — red or blue.
All of us need to look deep inside ourselves and ask, is this what we want to pass on to our children? Is it “us versus them”? Does one side actually want to “destroy the country”? Does they actually “hate the country”? This rhetoric is designed to divide the country. Create an enemy, be afraid, vote for me.
We should be talking about policy differences, like health care or taxes not scare tactics. Every vote, indeed your vote, in November will be critical in deciding the future of this republic. If we continue down this path, the warnings from Franklin and Washington may become real, and this republic that has stood for 232 years may pass into history
Bob Massaro
Loveland
Abortion hurts women
I was surprised to read the letter to the editor by Scott Johnson of Loveland. He said in part that Cory Gardner doesn’t support women because he voted to defund Planned Parenthood.
Planned Parenthood, the largest abortion provider in the U.S., was begun by Margaret Sanger. She was a proponent of eugenics, and its purpose was to eliminate the minority poor, for whom she had great disdain. Most of their clinics are located in minority neighborhoods.
The harm done to women by having an abortion is well researched and documented. A number of post-abortive women report feelings of self-hatred, depression, PTSD, lack of self esteem, anger at themselves, engaging in self-destructive behaviors such as drug and alcohol abuse, getting involved in unhealthy relationships, and attempted suicide. In addition, in later pregnancies they have a greater risk of miscarriage, premature birth, labor complications, risk of death, difficulty bonding with future children, and sexual dysfunction, among other disorders. See the statistics on the website, “Abortion Hurts Women.”
You can also watch the documentary movie “Unplanned,” a true account by a former worker in an abortion clinic. There have been over 61 million abortions in America since Roe vs. Wade. Science now is unquestionably clear that life begins at conception. Babies in the womb over 20 weeks and probably earlier, have been shown to feel excruciating pain, in numerous studies. It’s time to end this barbaric practice that harms both the mother and her child.
Fortunately, most communities have a pregnancy center who will support women with an unplanned pregnancy, and help her and her baby have a healthy outcome. They also provide help for emotional healing for the women who have had abortions, and are suffering the consequences.
So I commend Cory Gardner for taking a stand against those things that harm women.
Sandy Anderson
Montrose
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