To the editor: “When did it grow to be OK?” — seeing this assertion from somebody annoyed over “smash and seize” robberies and who voted for President-elect Donald Trump due to crime raised many larger questions.
When is it ever OK to smash and seize public paperwork and amenities? To lie and current different details that deceive? To offer company executives with exorbitant rewards?
When did it grow to be OK to demonize folks over pores and skin shade or physique situation? When did it grow to be OK to be so grasping and ignore the wants of staff or dismiss the results to our planet?
These and comparable actions should not OK and gained’t change till extra people truthfully interact in civil society. We are able to’t have police on each nook. So, what’s OK?
It’s OK to name your elected officers and specific your issues. It’s OK to attend and communicate at native authorities and group conferences to know what could be achieved with obtainable sources. It’s OK and completely mandatory for leaders and constituents to interact with each other if we would like a extra simply society.
Civil society is a fragile and dynamic balancing act. This text offers us all cause to contemplate what has been gained, misplaced or misplaced within the period of “smash and seize.”
Cheryl Collart, Ventura
