Column reflects ignorance of situation

Mike Masterson’s Nov. 7 column was wrong on many levels.

First, he said the NFL players protesting during the National Anthem disparages millions of veterans, which cannot be further from the truth. The original protest was against the epidemic of unarmed black males being shot by police during the last few years with many being caught on camera. Trump made it political … and called for them to be fired. They were not in any way protesting veterans and somehow they are SOBS, and yet the white nationalists and Nazis in Charlottesville “some very fine people on both sides ” he refused to criticize.

Then Masterson goes on to criticize voters for supporting Bernie Sanders and democratic socialism, calling it “proven tyranny of socialism.” Somehow he is very ignorant of the fact that most European countries are democratic socialists and have standards of living much higher than the U.S. For examples of higher living standards: education, health care, salaries, longer life spans, shorter work weeks, more vacation time, less stress, etc.

And Masterson apparently does not keep up with the news when he said “they are protesting the injustices they say exist in the justice system of our nation and perhaps something else of which I’m unaware.” Talk about having your head hidden in the sand and not being knowledgeable of the inequalities in our justice system. He is not worthy of a column. Maybe he should go to work for the Republican channel (Fox) and save his so-called outrage for them.

LEE LEWIS Bella Vista