Whiners and dividers, stop obstructing and start helping
Stop obstructing and start helping, Keith
In response to “Yes, Mr. President, we are this divided” (July 13 Opinion):
Keith Larson falls into his own category of “a man (who) hears what he wants to hear” and thereby completely misses the underlying optimism, integrity and strength of our president’s message with his most difficult, complex eulogy to date.
It’s past time for the whiners, dividers, deniers and haters of any persuasion who offer nothing but obstruction and discord to join in a positive dialogue.
I challenge Keith – and all of us – to take the “Dismantling Racism” workshop in Charlotte to deepen our empathy for each other and awareness of the implicit racial bias that exists in all of us.
Hardin Minor, Charlotte
To curb deaths, limit minor traffic stops
Three times recently African-American citizens have died after being stopped by police for minor automotive issues.
Why, in the name of common sense, is this type of infraction not handled by taking the license plate number and sending a notice to the owner?
A warning that if the repair is not made he or she will be fined with the possible loss of driving privileges, seems far more reasonable than a confrontation with a gun.
Patricia Ferguson, Concord
Police are nervous, too; a PSA could help
I was recently pulled over in broad daylight at Stonecrest for a license plate infraction.
I kept my hands on the steering wheel as the white female officer approached. She asked for my license and registration, and I turned to get it in the console.
Immediately she became nervous and said “What are you doing?” I apologized and said I was getting the license.
I’m a 71-year-old white female. Police are nervous.
We need a public service announcement to advise people how to respond when police approach. Then, maybe things will dissipate.
Carol Henderson, Charlotte
Comey let Clinton off the hook too easily
It’s a felony to mishandle classified information either intentionally or in a “grossly negligent” way, and there is evidence that Hillary Clinton or her colleagues were “extremely careless” in their handling of very sensitive, highly classified information.
America needs the FBI’s James Comey to clarify.
What possible difference can there be between “grossly negligent” and “extremely careless”?
Latt Moretz, Hickory
Bury power lines; other countries are
We find ourselves facing another round of storms and predictably another round of Duke Energy customers going without power, in some cases for days, because Duke won’t invest in customers and bury the lines.
With the money Duke makes, it needs to clean up its act.
Enough with the coal ash and people going without power due to Duke relying on 20th century technology.
Power lines belong underground.
Nicholas Cox, Charlotte
Burr counting on fear to get re-elected
In response to “N.C. Sen. Burr skips rally for Trump” (July 6):
Sen. Richard Burr’s spokesman said Burr’s “duties in Washington as Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman” kept him from attending the recent Trump rally in Raleigh.
Sen. Burr wants us to believe he is involved in shaping the response of the intelligence community to the carnage committed by ISIS abroad.
But he has nothing to do with drawing up or executing covert operations carried out by the CIA and FBI. He merely receives post-facto briefings.
The “overseer” Burr has been co-opted by the intelligence officials who are his clients. He is counting on the fear of terrorism to re-elect him to a third term.
William E. Jackson Jr., Davidson
Mayo ‘deniers’ like me will never believe it
Mayo ‘deniers’ like me will never believe it
In response to “Which mayo do the chefs really pick?” (July 13 Food & Drink):
As to the great mayonnaise taste-test reported by Kathleen Purvis, I assume that those folks who chose Hellmann’s when they most likely thought they were choosing Duke’s will now fall in the same category as deniers of climate change – “It just can’t be.”
I, too, would put myself as a denier – Duke’s is the only kind of mayonnaise.
Monroe Pannell, Conover
This story was originally published July 14, 2016 at 6:20 PM with the headline "Whiners and dividers, stop obstructing and start helping."