I found the column (Wednesday/Jan. 25) written by Harold Keller to be hostile and misleading. Whether he is oblivious to the tone in this country since the presidential election or is attempting to spin the truth is hard to say.

First, my husband is a veteran who does not feel neglected or betrayed by his country. To the contrary, he has received excellent care from the VA and finds they are responsive to his needs.

No matter what city we have lived in the VA has proven that they are there to support him. As a veteran my husband’s fear is that Trump’s plan to privatize their health care and to freeze all hiring within the VA will hurt veterans not uplift them.

Second, the women’s marches on Jan. 21 were attended by women (and men) who resist Trump and his agenda. They were marching for human rights, minority rights, health care, climate and economic rights to name a few and they marched with dignity without violence or arrest.

To call these marchers vulgar is offensive. If Mr. Keller wants to see vulgarity he should read the public comments of men who denounced these women — examples of Rep. Jim Lucas, Sen. Jack Sundlin, Dathan Paterno, Bill Kinter come to mind.

And last, in regard to Mr. Keller’s remarks that the silent majority voted “in” Trump I would like to remind him:

1. Hillary Clinton received nearly 3M more votes than Trump.

2. The Republican’s nationwide redistricting (also called Gerrymandering, which is illegal by the way) gave Trump and Republicans running for Congress an advantage.

3. Voter restriction laws in at least 14 states affected the minority’s ability to vote. By limiting hours the polls were open, closing 868 polling places (in the South alone) and using unfair screening practices people who were eligible to vote were kept from placing their ballots.

In closing, to reduce the election to a game of who won and who lost is an affront to every person who placed a vote for the Democratic runner. We are not sore losers, we are advocates for a transparent open government, free speech, climate control, human rights, etc.

In chiding Trump detractors with the remark to “wise up” shows Mr. Keller is unwilling to accept anything but tired party dogma.

Sincerely, Cynthia Williams

LaPlace