So the Herald’s editorial board is against political violence (Herald, June 22). Let me restate that. They are against political violence only when it suits their leftist narrative.
Yes, the killing of the Minnesota politician was appalling. All killings are. And justice under the law should be handed out.
So how come the editorial board has been totally silent on these political attacks: Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, whose home was torched by a leftist, his family lucky to escape because he supports Israel? Where was the editors’ outrage when two Israeli diplomats, in Washington, D.C., were gunned down by a leftist screaming, “Free Palestine,” where the woman, crawling away after being shot, the gunman continued to shoot at her point blank until she was dead?
And why was the editorial board completely silent when a leftist attacker attempted to burn alive elderly Jews in Boulder while screaming “kill all Zionists (Jews).” If that is not political violence, please, editors, tell me what is? Are you afraid to upset your Durango far left base?
And on a last note, straining credibility of the Herald, the editors write an editorial denouncing political violence. And yet, at the same time, print a letter calling for the assassination of Donald Trump with the headline, “86 47 the Shameful King.” (Herald, June 22).
Can’t make this up. I so love the First Amendment, as it allows us to see the dark side of people. Please step up your game, editors. Durango deserves better.
Shelly Perlmutter
Durango
[Editor’s note: This letter was updated to reflect the correct June 22 publishing date of the letter to the editor to which it refers.]
