{"id":21518,"date":"2025-07-09T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/my-attempt-at-disagreeing-better\/"},"modified":"2025-07-09T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T11:00:00","slug":"my-attempt-at-disagreeing-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/my-attempt-at-disagreeing-better\/","title":{"rendered":"My attempt at disagreeing better"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=3ba4ce41-a358-5d9b-b360-ebd942a1f4df&#038;function=cover&#038;type=preview&#038;source=false&#038;width=2000\" width=\"1680\" height=\"958\" alt=\"\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Thanks to a recent letter writer for your letter to the editor, \u201cTrump is doing what we voted for,\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-journal.com\/articles\/trump-is-doing-what-we-voted-for\/\" id=\"link-941d526f39f8ded5ef9b0c7b261b5ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em id=\"emphasis-cbcd0f9d7eabac8e73a9fcf2bda6d11e\">Journal<\/em><\/a>, June 25). I respect your right to free speech, even though we disagree. We need to be civil in our discourse. Republican Gov. Spencer Cox (R-UT) created an initiative called \u201cDisagree Better.\u201d I hope to reflect that aspiration.<\/p>\n<p>In my opinion, Trump\u2019s immigration policy is characterized by cruelty. It makes me sad to think that is what you voted for.<\/p>\n<p>The Statue of Liberty welcomes immigrants. Nearly all of us are descended from immigrants. We have a long history of legal immigration as you noted. Excluding serious criminals is appropriate.<\/p>\n<p>The term \u201cillegals\u201d is used to unfairly disparage people. Most who enter our country \u201cillegally\u201d have <em id=\"emphasis-8ed482700653fe1382ef1434ba68745c\">not<\/em> committed any morally reprehensible crime. What would you do if you were in their shoes? They are simply seeking a better life. Most are here to work and support their families; most are <em id=\"emphasis-7620d3b84d5e4880176681a47936ce67\">not<\/em> \u201cfreeloaders.\u201d The business about \u201cmurders and rapists\u201d is Trump propaganda.<\/p>\n<p>You also seem to have a problem with Due Process. Please read the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments. The Due Process clauses are not just for \u201cAmericans.\u201d The Due Process clauses apply to both citizens <em id=\"emphasis-a3eb91ca6d7a098409cd0bca2b9bb4ca\">and noncitizens.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If we didn\u2019t have immigrants to work in agriculture, hospitality and construction, those industries would not be able to provide the products and services we need and enjoy.<\/p>\n<p>The suggestion that those of us who disagree with your point of view hate America is untrue and offensive. It\u2019s also Trump propaganda.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bill Stroop<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em id=\"emphasis-478ad7cfb070ce52a2b2ed9b3e87c8ef\">Dolores<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to a recent letter writer for your letter to the editor, \u201cTrump is doing what we voted for,\u201d (Journal, June 25). I respect your right to free speech, even though we disagree. We need to be civil in our discourse. Republican Gov. Spencer Cox (R-UT) created an initiative called \u201cDisagree Better.\u201d I hope [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13329,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[125],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-21518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-newsletter-opinion"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21518"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=21518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}