The Patriot Post® · Reader Comments

Editor’s Note: Each week we receive hundreds of comments and correspondences — and we read every one of them. What follows are a few thought-provoking comments about specific articles. The views expressed herein don’t necessarily reflect those of The Patriot Post.

Re: “Pride Month: Not All Rainbows and Unicorns”

“Locally, our Memorial Day Parade, 4th of July Parade, and Community Days Parade were canceled this year at the request of downtown businesses. However, there will be a Pride Parade on Saturday. Shows you where their priorities are. Many of the businesses have Black Lives Matter signs in their windows and fly the rainbow flag. These are pretty much signs as to where I will not be spending my money anytime in the future.” —Colorado

Re: “Wednesday Short Cuts”

“Tim Wise had better study his history — the NRA was started in the post-Civil War South in order to provide guns to former slaves as a means to defend their families against the Democrat Ku Klux Klan. Before that, blacks were not allowed to have guns. And tell Whoopie that the AR-15 has been around for 60 years, but strangely enough, it has only been used to shoot groups of people more recently. Could it be changes in the culture?” —Pennsylvania

Re: “SCOTUS Hands Big Tech a Win”

“This may ultimately lead to freer speech. If tech companies are confirmed as publishers, they have a right to limit content, but lose their Section 230 designation as platforms. The result: If they claim the ability and right to decide what’s ‘dangerous,’ then they must also accept liability for failures to do so. For example, business owners could sue companies as accessories for damages caused in a BLM riot they allowed to be organized on their sites. Facing costly litigation, and with no Section 230 shield to protect it, a tech company may decide it’s better to prove it’s merely a public square by allowing ALL speech.” —Georgia

Re: “The Perfect Storm of Unemployment”

“My employer was seemingly joyous when they announced they had fired 300 professional healthcare employees for refusing the COVID vaccine. A few short weeks later, they were begging the rest of us to refer people to come work here. I recommended they rehire the 300 skilled, proven workers they fired. The remaining employees agree. Why would we recommend our employer if they put good people out of work, even ones who worked the front lines for the entirety of the pandemic, for refusing the shot?” —Montana

Re: “The Washington Post’s BIG 2A Lie”

“Our Founders were Brits who combined British law, Confederation of States, and intellect to create our Constitution. Certainly, a sizable volume of their building blocks came from the 800-year-old Magna Carta. And the Magna Carta was very clear on granting individuals the right to carry a weapon for three reasons, according to historian Stuart Hays: #3, personal defense; #2, group defense; and #1, REVOLUTION. Overthrowing a corrupt government was the primary reason for weaponized citizens.” —Arizona

Re: “Americans Defend Themselves With Guns”

“Musketeers, or Mouseketeers? I’ve often contended a similar approach to the author of this article. The ‘only muskets’ proponents must be limited to: No electronic means of communication (no TV/radio/Internet); written communication limited to quill pen, parchment and/or paper, and a printing press in limited cases; and transmission methods limited to the above (plus, as noted in article, hand delivery via foot or horseback). Given the fantasy world these clowns inhabit, instead of calling these muzzle-loading-limitation advocates Musketeers (no doubt many fancy themselves Three Musketeer heroes), I humbly offer an alternative: Mouseketeers. They are part of a truly Mickey Mouse operation.” —Virginia

Re: “Time to Secure America’s Schools”

“For a lot of people, public school was not a happy time in our lives. The overall experience was marred with bullying, many times by teachers and administrators. Everyone praises teachers, but there are bad ones, and they often move into school administration in an effort to relieve their hatred or boredom of teaching. A lot of teachers are passive aggressive and some are outright mean. The school system often protects those bad teachers. Ultimately, there is a wake of damaged students left behind. Many schools make it even worse with psychologists and social workers plying their professions onto children. We should investigate whether or not schools are creating the monsters that return to attack them.” —Florida

Re: “GOP Can’t Be Bullied Into Bad Legislation”

“We have a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill. Surely schools and security measures around them could be categorized as infrastructure.” —Virginia

Re: “A Uvalde Attack Timeline and Deterrence Reality Check”

“Sadly, we all know that the reason Democrats want our weapons is that our weapons remain a threat to their control over us. How many of them are willing to give up their armed security guards if they take our firearms from us? Any volunteers? Don’t hold your breath…” —Idaho

Re: “At Least Gabe Kapler Respects Memorial Day”

“Everyone should always stand for the flag no matter what they feel. I’m not a veteran, but I have many friends who served. I have friends who died in Vietnam. I saw the grief and felt their grief. God bless all veterans, their families, and their friends.” —New Jersey