I found the review of Michael Moore’s new film (“Thumping Trump,” Sept. 27) very informative and well balanced. I remember Moore from his ’80s film on General Motors. He’s made a lucrative career attacking a free market system. I’m glad that he has focused on our dysfunctional political climate. Politically we are juxtaposed between freedom and control.
His forensic dissection of the Democratic Party points to their basic problem, a common idea. The Democratic Party is splintered into so many special interests they can’t find a common voice.
I wouldn’t suppose that I have a solution to what ails them, but a look at what solidifies support for Republicans might be a clue. I would start with United States sovereignty. We welcome all who want to be Americans, not hyphenated Americans. We have an orderly process to accept immigrants. We have a common language of government and trade. We expect immigrants to be self-supporting.
Further, Republicans don’t believe in freedom restrictions. If you find a societal problem, the solution is not to impose rules that restrict the greater population.
I’m sure that Democrats and Republicans can be a lot more congenial, but not as long as some of the outrageous behavior found in our current discourse is not called out for what it is, outrageous and this is not who we are.
This article appears in Oct 4-11, 2018.
