Threats of Violence Concern All
Dear Editor: There have been bomb threats for several days now at Tulsa Public Schools and various places around Tulsa County. Some obviously insane person is upset over ‘woke ideology.’
What the heck is wrong with people? What ever happened to talking and having a difference in opinion without threatening people’s lives or our children’s lives?
These are OUR neighbors, OUR kids, OUR schools. We have to make a stand vs. violence and the lies.
We ALL are not exempt from being threatened by holding different political or religious beliefs from each other.
When our leaders promote hate and this type of fear mongering of ‘woke ideology’ and ‘the libs are all pedophiles, satanists, anti-God, anti-America, this type of insane thinking and actions follow.
As a Democrat, I can assure you all of the lies and vitriol being passed around are just a way to separate and drive people apart and not bring community nor unity. WE CAN HAVE DIFFERENT BELIEFS AND STILL BE A COMMUNITY AND COUNTRY.
• Democrats are not demons. We are people with different ideas. That’s it.
• Democrats love their country too.
• Democrats love their flag too.
• Democrats love their God, have faith too.
• Democrats love their kids and families too.
• Democrats love public schools too.
• Democrats want safety for our kids and families too.
• Democrats believe we can have different opinions and still be good neighbors.
People, please step up and be vocal against these lies and fear mongering.
We have to be better citizens and neighbors.
Rose A. Lynch Chair of the Okmulgee County Democratic party — Dear Editor: My Counterpart in the Democrat party recently wrote a letter to the editor regarding the bomb threats happening at schools in the Tulsa area.
I agree that violence or threats of violence are not acceptable methods of discourse or protest in support of any ideology.
The past four years, the threats of violence, and actual violence, that our nation has experienced in the name of ideology has risen to extreme levels.
No matter the party affiliation of those involved, pillaging, destroying, threatening individuals, schools or taking hostage entire communities in the name of ideology is NOT acceptable.
And as a whole, reasonable individuals of any party should agree with that. As far as the source of the current threats in Tulsa….the source(s) were still under investigation by the FBI as of my writing this on 09-03-23.
Many times things ARE what they seem. However, many times they are NOT. No matter who is guilty, as with any lawbreakers, the rule of law needs to be enforced and wrongdoers need to be held accountable. We can’t control what others do. We can only control our own actions.
We can choose to disagree on ideology, yet treat each other with civility.
Let’s also stand shoulder to shoulder in support of what we can agree on for our community, our county, our state and our nation. And on this we can agree…violence or the threat of violence is NOT okay.
Marsheila Prior, Chair Okmulgee County Republicans
