OPINION:
Political conflicts and the outrageous commotion among our ’leaders’ has watered the seeds of anger, and sadly erupted the volcano on the face of freedom and democracy. Defending democracy and challenging the election fraud are not the same as legitimizing the attacks and rioting that took place on the Capitol last month. Such acts do not represent the desires or actions of the majority of Trump supporters. Condemning and undermining Trump supporters is the Democrats’ strategy to deny the constitutional rights of those citizens who voted for Trump.
The failure of our representatives and senators created the catastrophe in our nation’s capital. Hatred has swayed away and distracted our elected officials. Attacking the Capitol did not affect the results of the election. In a democratic society, violence is the expression of defeat, and the victim in the aftermath is the entire country. The ethical duty is to condemn extremists of all stripes. Attacking public and private properties and burning American flags — as antifa and Black Lives Matter members have done — presents the same peril as the attack on the Capitol building.
To bandage the wound and cure the illness of corrupt political power in America (and to stand against corruption and fraud) we must seek a resolution through the voting precincts, not violence. Extremism is not able to survive longterm, regardless of the ideology it represents.
SERWAN ZANGANA
Roanoke, Va.
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