Is it ‘kind’ to vote for ruling party?

Many well-meaning Americans appear reluctant to cast a protest vote against the ruling party this November because of a perception that the opposing side lacks compassion — they just don't seem “kind.”

I would encourage compassionate readers to remember what the ruling party has accomplished in less than two years in power and vote in kind. With respect, I would suggest that:

⏩ Abandoning our allies in Afghanistan and leaving behind hundreds of millions of dollars in weaponry to a terrorist government that tortures women and dissenters isn't kind.

⏩ Allowing Russia to resume the murder and rape in Ukraine that it started when the current president last served in the White House isn't kind.

⏩ Claiming to care about climate change while begging authoritarian regimes like Iran, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela to sell us oil — when the U.S. could pump its own resources in a regulated and much more environmentally friendly manner — isn't kind.

⏩ Fueling the current inflation crisis by paying healthy people to stay at home rather than work — eroding their earning power and undermining the working classes — isn't kind.

⏩ Forcing soldiers, nurses and other loyal citizens to leave their jobs while allowing millions of migrants to enter the country illegally isn't kind.

⏩ Defunding and demoralizing the police so that criminals are empowered to prey on the poor — killing, stealing and dealing at will — isn't kind.

⏩ Campaigning for convicted felons to be able to vote and even run major cities isn't kind.

Liberal journalist Michael Shellenberger has chronicled the disastrous policies of the ruling party in California in his book, “San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities.”

Let's not let them ruin this state, too.

J.R. Daeschner

Guilford