Readers write: Fighting hate in Idaho, all-hands response to hurricane, left a piece of her heart in St. John
Letters to the editor for the Oct. 9, 2017 weekly magazine.
Letters to the editor for the Oct. 9, 2017 weekly magazine.
Fighting hate in Idaho
Regarding the Aug. 31 Monitor Daily article 鈥淭he Idaho community that drove out hate鈥�: This was an excellent article that showed how good thinking and acting can stop hatred, especially when a community acts together. My son and his wife now live in Meridian, Idaho, so it had extra interest for me. In the words of Mary Baker Eddy, 鈥淟ove is the liberator.鈥� Keep up the good work.
Jean Stefan
San Mateo, Calif.
The article 鈥淭he Idaho community that drove out hate鈥� is encouraging. But we shouldn鈥檛 have to wait until there鈥檚 physical violence to respond to hateful expressions. Verbal violence is also injurious, especially to young people. Organizing to defend human rights as they did is a wonderful thing, but I still wonder how we should defend the right of free speech when that speech is harmful.
DeAnne Hart
Watsonville, Calif.
All-hands response to hurricane
Regarding the Aug. 28 Monitor Daily article 鈥淚n all-hands response to Harvey, lessons from earlier storms鈥�: Thank you for sharing stories of people showing resilience, kindness, and respect for others despite their differences. We so need this in our country. Yes, please cover some of the yawning abysses of poverty and violence in our society, but keep putting successes out there, too, so people can have hope and a pathway to peace together. Thank you!
Pamela Poon
Bozeman, Mont.
Left a piece of her heart in St. John
Thank you for the Sept. 8 CSMonitor.com article 鈥淩esidents of US Virgin Islands dig out and help each other after hurricane Irma.鈥� It鈥檚 been difficult to find any coverage on St. John, especially. I visited for the first time in March of this year and of course left a piece of my heart there. It is a beautiful place with amazing people.
Kathy Boehmer
Hutchinson, Minn.