In response to “Where are the women?” published on Oct. 4.
In his Oct. 4 letter, Max Acosta-Rubio writes, “I have little doubt that Brett Kavanaugh assaulted Dr. Ford.” Really? Based on what? Her memory is missing key elements, and none of her “witnesses” support her accusation; some contradict it. And Kavanaugh has been a paragon of virtue all his adult life. Maybe it happened, maybe not, but respectfully, how can any fair-minded person “have little doubt” that what Ford alone said happened 35 years ago is true?
The letter writer was tempted to believe Kavanaugh, “But being reminded of what I experienced in my teens,” he says, “gave me pause…” So he’s projecting his experience onto Kavanaugh. It happens. That’s why our system requires proof, and defendants are innocent until proven guilty. What we just saw in Washington was a vile Democratic party attempt to exploit sympathy for female sexual victims, and weaken the bedrock of American justice. The fact that doing so would victimize Dr. Ford again, who never wanted to go public, ruin the life and reputation of a very good man, and publicly humiliate his wife and young daughters, didn’t matter to them at all. They should be ashamed of themselves!
In his letter, the writer says he’s sick of “white male privilege.” Contempt for whites, men, Christians and Israel has been growing on the far left for some time, but our Constitution was written by white men and it’s proven remarkably durable. The founders said it was inspired by the march to freedom of the biblical Israelites, and Martin Luther King felt it created a moral universe that “bends toward justice.” But if we don’t respect each other, regardless of race, our Constitution will be meaningless and our great union will fragment. Of course, white men have power; they started the country and hundreds of thousands died to free the slaves. But how is anti-white racism different from anti-black, or any other racism? America is a gift from God, an inspiration to the world. At this sensitive time, as we become a minority majority country, we must renew our respect for our founding principles and teach them to our children, or we’ll lose it all and leave them nothing.
Rueben Gordon