Paramount Theatre
Selective Silence
RECEIVED Mon., Feb. 20, 2017
Dear Editor,
When Barack Obama was inaugurated in 2009, there were no protests, peaceful or violent. Citizens went about their daily routines. At Donald Trump’s inauguration last month, more than 200 black-clad individuals wearing masks to hide their identities were arrested in Washington, D.C., alone for destroying storefronts, torching cars, and hurling rocks and bottles at police officers. Six officers were injured. The vast majority of Democrats were silent in the face of this criminal thuggery. So when Louis Black writes that the “damage you are now so cheerfully greeting and enthusiastically championing,” [“Page Two: The U.S. Swings Like a Pendulum Do,” Feb. 17] is he absolving or ignoring the criminal element in the Democratic Party? Is it politically correct to violently protest only the election of a white president?
When Barack Obama was inaugurated in 2009, there were no protests, peaceful or violent. Citizens went about their daily routines. At Donald Trump’s inauguration last month, more than 200 black-clad individuals wearing masks to hide their identities were arrested in Washington, D.C., alone for destroying storefronts, torching cars, and hurling rocks and bottles at police officers. Six officers were injured. The vast majority of Democrats were silent in the face of this criminal thuggery. So when Louis Black writes that the “damage you are now so cheerfully greeting and enthusiastically championing,” [“Page Two: The U.S. Swings Like a Pendulum Do,” Feb. 17] is he absolving or ignoring the criminal element in the Democratic Party? Is it politically correct to violently protest only the election of a white president?
Jim Irish
Bastrop, Texas
Bastrop, Texas
