We must speak out

We are losing our moral compass. It seems the group losing the last election only wants to fight, bring false accusations and deride our president rather than working with him, solving critical issues facing this country. I don’t like the manner in which he answers his critics; it’s childish. But by the same token, so are the reactions of his detractors. I believe the previous three administrations combined did not do as much good for this nation as President Trump has done. Economically, foreign trade and militarily wise, we have improved. Minorities have more and better-paying jobs than previously.

Growing up in the late ’40s and early ’50s, we faced polio, flu, measles, mumps, whooping cough and other diseases without vaccines. We didn’t shut down schools, close factories, quarantine people, or wear masks. Diseases were part of nature around us. We were concerned, but not to the point of panicking. If you were sick, you stayed home.

We must get our kids back in the classrooms and into society. Accepting some risk that some will get sick and some will die is not new to our world. We face far greater risk of losing a generation of children who go uneducated by not opening our churches, schools, factories, businesses, and colleges.

I believe groups like BLM, Antifa and radical Islamists are out to destroy our great nation. Our motto should be “all lives matter,” not a select group matters. We owe fairness to all people. It’s time Christians and Republicans speak out against those who would tear down our country. As a Navy veteran, former federal law enforcement agent and educator, I will never take a knee to my flag; I will always pledge my allegiance to the flag, and above all to God and his son Jesus Christ! CHARLES L. YARBROUGH

Sherwood