To the editor: I laughed out loud at this column from visitor contributor John Lawrence (“Uncle Sam desires you … to rat on nationwide parks that mirror true historical past,” July 15). Don’t misunderstand: Lawrence is sounding the alarm on one other critical means President Trump’s MAGA mentality seeks to degrade our democracy.
The laugh-out-loud half is using our tax {dollars} to mandate that nationwide parks set up QR-code-adorned signage soliciting guests to snitch on any history-denigrating content material seen, learn or heard whereas having fun with a household outing.
I can’t look ahead to information protection of the inventive and subversive methods Individuals will use these QR codes to push again on this silly effort at undermining historians’ contributions to progress in making a extra excellent union. Let the wit start.
Phyllis Owens, Chatsworth
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To the editor: Lawrence writes about Trump’s government order directing nationwide parks to cleanse themselves of signage that “inappropriately disparages Individuals previous or dwelling.” This, whereas the president constantly disparages his predecessor within the Oval Workplace, alleging psychological incompetence and actions that Trump says resulted in close to break of the nation.
In line with the manager order, messages are to mirror solely “American greatness.” This, after Trump claimed that, underneath the earlier administration, America was being became a “third-world hellhole, run by censors, perverts, criminals and thugs.” Who’s censoring now? That is simply one other instance of the double commonplace employed by this hypocritical president.
Perry Valantine, Costa Mesa
