Letters: Judgmental labels; trans military ban; more.
The case of Bob Ward has resurfaced in the media. He was all over the news in 2009, charged with killing his wife. The story reappeared several times in between. Will someone tell me why every time his case appears in the media he is referred to as the “Isleworth millionaire”?
So he lives there and is wealthy, but why do we have to attach prejudicial descriptions against anyone, really? And do we have to judge people because they were successful or a celebrity? Do journalists want us to prejudge him by his expensive home or personal finances? Only he knows whether or not he is guilty. Leave it at that, and let the justice system work. If homeless people appear in the media, should we also label them as penniless beggars? Justice must forget all that transpired before and evaluate only the charges at hand.
Reporters dug out all the income to which O.J. Simpson is entitled, now that he will soon be on parole. Why not just say he has enough income from his former entertainment and sports employment?
If I were to find myself under the media microscope, I suppose I would be attacked for using the GI bill to get my bachelor of science degree or claiming my retirement pension from the state of Florida — both of which I legally earned. Don’t even get me started on the people who are roundly condemned for being “double dippers.”
Tom Bessa Orlando