To the editor:

It seems strange to me that our major media, both print and video, advertise that these demonstrators we see on TV are peaceful. Trying to burn down buildings and the occasional looting are deemed to be non-violent is going against common sense.

If you are the taxpayer who built these buildings or are the owner of the shop which is looted, these are not non-violent! How rioting in the streets night after night is going to change the laws over night is beyond me. It is Congress, the state legislators, city representatives who created the laws. The police get the defamation from trying to enforce these laws.

Take, for instance, the War on Drugs. Addiction is a medical problem. Our powers to be mandated that this addiction be a criminal offense. Who gets the blame for incarcerating a huge number of our citizens? The police and justice system. Who is really responsible, our Congress!

Now we have our demonstrators thinking that if they burn down enough buildings, our congress is going to change their thinking overnight. No, I think the people behind these demonstrators wish to bring down the whole U S of A so they can impose their intolerant socialistic view on our Republic. Ask those in Russia, China, or Venezuela how much liberty they have to express themselves.

JAMES WHITESIDE

Midland

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