Garth Wright: Soldiers know, we all bleed the same color

Re “Both sides guilty in Charlottesville” (Letters, Sept. 9): In his attempt to blame both sides equally for the Charlottesville incident, the writer appears to believe that freedom of speech and expression are absolutes and should not be challenged. Permits granted for protesting removal of monuments do not include vile anti-Semitic chants disgustingly and repeatedly shouted. As someone who in their childhood experienced repeated bombings by the Nazi Luftwaffe, I definitely see National Socialists as enemies then, now and forever.

Perhaps that is why I spent over 29 years in the U.S. military.

Edmund Burke, the noted British Statesman put it succinctly: “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do absolutely nothing.”

Fascism is the very antithesis of democracy and racism the ultimate in vile stupidity. To judge people by the color of their skin is as ridiculous as judging a book by the color of its cover. We all bleed the same color, ask any soldier.

If he still believes Fascism should be allowed to openly parade itself, might I refer the letter writer to the thousands of U.S. and Allied graves that dot Western Europe. They died defending us from that very evil that you believe deserves equal time to spread its poison once again.

This story was originally published September 25, 2017 at 1:11 PM with the headline "Garth Wright: Soldiers know, we all bleed the same color."