Trampling on Trump's Rights is Un-American

Happy new week Friends,

Do I really have to defend Donald Trump here? I think I do.

There's not much I agree with about what Donald Trump tells his supporters. I don't think the solution to all of our immigration problems is a giant wall paid for by Mexico. I also don't believe there should be a religious litmus test for people trying to come to the United States.

I don't think that suggesting he'd like to hit someone in the face is a good idea, especially in light of one of his followers carrying out his fantasy for him.

A typical scene showing how they decide who votes for whom at this year's GOP caucuses.
Protesters have adopted the same tactics after seeing how effective they are.

That having been said, Donald Trump has every right to speak whatever's on his mind, within reasonable limits.

Those who are trying to stop him from talking are being more egregious in multiples than he is. In my opinion, trying to block someone's right to peaceably assemble and say what he's thinking is denying him of the most important right in our Bill of Rights...and that is un-American.

Those who support this kind of law breaking because they feel their message is more important than Donald Trump's are dead wrong and are foisting shame upon the honest opposition.

Organized peaceful protest has a place everywhere in this country. When I was a young man I took part in many, and it led to the end of the Vietnam War.

But the kind of protesting in vogue today--illegally blocking roads to Trump rallies, sending bevies of thugs into them to shout down the candidate,  threatening violence if the candidate even shows up--is not a legitimate nor effective method.

The voting booth is.

Can we please get back to some sanity here?

Let Donald Trump speak his mind. His own words are the rope that will hang him. He doesn't need anyone's help, and protesters acting like idiots under the world's microscope only give Trump ammunition for his cannons.

If protests like yesterday's in Arizona keep up, they're likely to have the opposite effect of what they're trying to accomplish.

Trump doesn't need sympathy votes. Stop helping him out.