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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums67 Yr Old Woman's Viral Letter to Supremacists
After the events in Charlottesville, VA (actually since the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States), the country is a little bit
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divided. Right now letter written by 67-year-old Jonna Ramey and published in The Salt Lake Tribune is currently all over the internet, after having been tweeted by a woman named Alicia Mayer. This is a great thing because it's a sentiment that should be spread far and wide. The blistering op-ed, which reads as an open letter to white supremacists, is titled simply, "What is wrong with you?
https://www-someecards-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.someecards.com/news/women/jonna-ramey-letter-white-supremacists/amp
Link to tweet
The full text reads,
I am a 67-year-old American white woman. My parents enlisted in World War II to fight fascism. They both served; my mother was a nurse, my father navigated bombers. They lost friends in that bloody war so that all the world could be free of fascism. They did not fight so that some white people could claim supremacy or that Nazis could openly walk the streets of America..
White person to white supremacist person: What is wrong with you?
People of European heritage are doing just fine in the world. They run most of the worlds institutions, hold much of the worlds wealth, replicate as frequently as other humans. Youre not in any danger here. The world is changing, thats true. Others want a piece of the pie. They work for it, strive for it and earn it. Technology (robotics) is having a greater effect on your job prospects than immigrants. Going forward, tackling corporate control and climate change will need all of our attention, ideas and energy. Put down your Tiki torches and trite flags and get involved in some real work.
By the way, the world won the war against Nazi fascism in the 1940s, just as America won the war against the Confederacy in the 1860s. Aligning with two lost causes just labels you as profound losers.
And finally, white person to white person: Like my parents before me, I will not stand idly by nor give up my rights or the rights of other Americans because you think you are better than some of us. It doesnt work that way. All Americans stand shoulder to shoulder against your hatred and bigotry
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67 Yr Old Woman's Viral Letter to Supremacists (Original Post)
laserhaas
Sep 2017
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laserhaas
(7,805 posts)1. This is link to Salt Lake Tribune original story
Arkansas Granny
(31,536 posts)2. K & R
GoneOffShore
(17,342 posts)3. Inspiring. And even though I hate Twitter, I retweeted it.
niyad
(113,668 posts)4. she was polite to them--my question is, WHAT THE FUCK is wrong with you????
😝
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)5. Why 'tis enough to make a snowflake melt
Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)7. Aligning with two lost causes just labels you as profound losers.
Great letter to read!
laserhaas
(7,805 posts)8. Yup...This lady needs a big hug
Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)9. I agree! Letter actually teared me up.