To the editor: At my close by park, there’s a “hope and therapeutic meditation path” that features benches with encouraging messages. One has these phrases about compassion: “You possibly can by no means actually know what another person goes by means of. Nevertheless, we will pay attention with our hearts and be open to the depths of others’ ache.”
That message caught my consideration throughout my stroll as a result of I had simply seen the president of america joking about individuals making an attempt to outrun alligators at his new detention heart in Florida (“Trump tours Florida immigration lockup and jokes about escapees having to run from alligators,” July 1). I’ve seen one commentator describe “Alligator Alcatraz” as “efficiency cruelty.”
Clearly, the president missed a latest Los Angeles Occasions op-ed with the headline “In an era that celebrates cruelty, embrace subversive kindness.” Clearly, he hasn’t seen the message about compassion on our park bench in Corona. And sadly, his behavior of constructing merciless remarks and his lack of compassion has unfold to many in his administration and past.
John Saville, Corona
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To the editor: Because the daughter of a Holocaust survivor, it’s horrifying to see the focus camps that the present administration is organising with wild abandon after which mocking these despatched there by saying they shouldn’t “run in a straight line,” with a view to keep away from an alligator. Really, is that this what we’ve develop into?
Wendy Winter, Los Angeles
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To the editor: After I noticed the image of the steel bunks in tiers, my thought was “Alligator Auschwitz,” not Alcatraz. I discover this so horrific I can’t even discover phrases for it. It’s past disgusting.
Trump mentioned he was going to do away with harmful criminals, murderers and rapists, however is as an alternative going after individuals who by no means did anybody any hurt. Their solely sin was coming right here illegally a few years in the past. Some had been introduced right here by dad and mom fleeing violence in their very own nation, wanting a greater life for his or her kids. Many have labored and paid taxes to the U.S. authorities. Some are married to Americans. They’re now known as “detainees” and will likely be housed in a nightmare of a jail till they’re deported. How did our nation sink so low?
Lorraine Knopf, Santa Monica
