To the editor: I laughed out loud at this column from visitor contributor John Lawrence (“Uncle Sam desires you … to rat on nationwide parks that replicate true historical past,” July 15). Don’t misunderstand: Lawrence is sounding the alarm on one other severe manner President Trump’s MAGA mentality seeks to degrade our democracy.
The laugh-out-loud half is the usage of our tax {dollars} to mandate that nationwide parks set up QR-code-adorned signage soliciting guests to snitch on any history-denigrating content material seen, learn or heard whereas having fun with a household outing.
I can’t look ahead to information protection of the artistic and subversive methods People will use these QR codes to push again on this silly effort at undermining historians’ contributions to progress in making a extra good union. Let the wit start.
Phyllis Owens, Chatsworth
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To the editor: Lawrence writes about Trump’s govt order directing nationwide parks to cleanse themselves of signage that “inappropriately disparages People previous or dwelling.” This, whereas the president constantly disparages his predecessor within the Oval Workplace, alleging psychological incompetence and actions that Trump says resulted in close to damage of the nation.
In keeping with the manager order, messages are to replicate solely “American greatness.” This, after Trump claimed that, underneath the earlier administration, America was being was a “third-world hellhole, run by censors, perverts, criminals and thugs.” Who’s censoring now? That is simply one other instance of the double commonplace employed by this hypocritical president.
Perry Valantine, Costa Mesa
