OPINION:
A recent picture of this week’s Lafayette Park rally appeared to be mostly young misled people accusing President Trump of being a fascist and bigot, while holding signs that read: “No place for Facism,” “No hate, no KKK and no Nazis in the USA.” I, despite being one of their so-called “deplorables,” am certainly with them in terms of being against the above-mentioned hate groups. However, another sign on the far left of the photo caught my eye. It read: “Your grandkid will be multi-racial.” So, what’s wrong with that? Is it mixed religions the sign-holder has trouble with, or the fact that future children might not have blond hair and blue eyes?
These protesters obviously do not like a president who has Jewish family members and grandchildren. Or perhaps they have trouble with a president who stands up for Israel’s rights of self-determination and self-preservation.
It saddens me to see, in my beloved country, this kind of pitting of one group of people against another. I personally want to love all people, be they black, brown, white, etc. We were all created by the God of Israel, the God of all humankind. There are bad apples in every group. We just have to hope and pray that those who don’t know how to love will eventually learn. We all matter.
BARBARA A. BLOOM
Owings Mills, Md.
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