To the editor: I laughed out loud at this column from visitor contributor John Lawrence (“Uncle Sam wants you … to rat on national parks that reflect true history,” July 15). Don’t misunderstand: Lawrence is sounding the alarm on one other critical method 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 await information protection of the artistic 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 residing.” This, whereas the president constantly disparages his predecessor within the Oval Workplace, alleging psychological incompetence and actions that Trump says resulted in close to smash of the nation.
Based on the manager order, messages are to replicate solely “American greatness.” This, after Trump claimed that, below 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 customary employed by this hypocritical president.
Perry Valantine, Costa Mesa
