Letters: Confused by 'jingoism'

Published: Thursday, Jan. 24 2013 12:00 a.m. MST

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I must confess that I am unable to see how the recent executive orders and suggestions of President Obama on gun control might infringe upon our constitutional rights or weaken our ability to defend ourselves. I likewise fail to understand the visceral hatred by some of President Obama, who, may I say, seems rather capable and principled.

Moreover, I question the paranoia that characterizes our government as a nefarious organization of closet traitors whose secret agenda it is to subvert our constitution and rob us of our freedoms.

I'm further puzzled by simplistic political jingoism whose only contribution it seems is confusion, by ideological mindsets at the expense of virtue and meaningful insight and the conviction that any concession becomes a slippery slope.

Andrew McDonald

Mapleton

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Roland Kayser

Cottonwood Heights, UT

Don't be confused. A lot of people have gotten quite wealthy by promoting memes like Obama's coming to your house to get your gun. He's going to turn the U.S. government over to the U.N. He's going to ban the bible. He's More..

7:57 a.m. Jan. 24, 2013
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Emajor

Ogden, UT

A masterful letter, but don't expect a direct response to your inquiries. Vilifying Obama the way conservatives have requires a suspension of logic and perspective. You can expect exaggeration, hyperbole, deflection, and distraction. There will More..

5:08 a.m. Jan. 24, 2013
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ECR

Burke, VA

Excellent letter Andrew. And your inclusion of the word "paranoid" is especially apropos as we try to discern the reason for all the vitriol against the president and virtually every idea he has or he has put forward. Until we, as a nation More..

7:26 a.m. Jan. 24, 2013
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