Letters: Cameron has plenty of time to fuss at Beshear. Where is he on Breonna Taylor?
Fairness, not fear
Thirty percent to 40 percent of Americans will vote for President Donald Trump regardless of what he does or says. That is a chilling statement. Trump stands for several seemingly disparate things: “Make America Great Again,” stop immigration, white privilege, Second Amendment rights, statues of Southern Civil War generals, and the Confederate battle flag. What do they have in common? All of them represent a desire to return to a time when white Americans were in total control. Losing control over our country is frightening, especially because the past is full of terrible things that we have done to people of color. Imagine what they would do if they had more power and they wanted retribution. When millions of people say, “Black Lives Matter,” Trump supporters hear that they want to take control away from us. That possibility promotes fear and fear leads to voting for Trump, buying guns, and the refusal to give up any change in racial status. We must admit that and move from the emotion of fear to the American ideal of justice and fairness. Until we do that, we will not have a peace.
Tom Zentall, Lexington
Anarchy ahead?
I’ve never liked Westerns — outlaws and gunplay, vigilante hangings, and showdowns in the town square were always repulsive to me. And although America should have evolved past “the fastest gun in the West” justice, in Kentucky we have gunslingers standing outside the Governor’s Mansion demanding that Gov. Andy Beshear come out and face the mob. And to make their motivation clear, if there was any doubt, hanging and burning an effigy of our state’s highest elected official. If in 2020 in America we seek to settle political differences with guns and threats of hanging, I wonder how far America is from anarchy.
Waheedah Muhammad, Lexington
Get moving, Cameron
I wonder when Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron will get through fussing at Gov. Andy Beshear about masks and other health issues and get to work finishing an investigation of the killing of Breonna Taylor. He seems to have forgotten this important task.
Dr. John V. Payne, Berea
Mural decision
I love my white sisters and brothers, but if you are not African American, your opinion should not be the catalyst that decides whether the Memorial Hall mural remains publicly displayed or not. If you are not African American, you haven’t been in a situation where the color of your skin determines how people treat you. No matter our status, if you are African American you will suffer several forms of racism. My yearly income is well above the poverty line, and I have always maintained a good credit score, but the time when a white property manager told me they had no vacancies, then turned around and told my friend, who is white, that they had several vacant apartments, broke my heart. I’ve been followed by security in high-end stores because of my race, and passed over when it was my turn to be seated at restaurants. I could go on and on. Racism is alive and kicking in Kentucky. Murals like that are a reminder of the racism many of us face every day.
Yolanda Averette, Lexington