Letter to the editor: Bigger problems than social media

I hate to rain on Mallard Fillmore’s parade to go after social media, but America has bigger fish to fry. Our law enforcement agencies are doing their best to round up the Jan. 6 insurrectionists and their ringleader who caused the death of at least one police officer and put dozens of officers in the hospital, all because Donald Trump seemingly attempted to stage a coup.

The mayhem against the police and destruction of public property were treasonous and must be addressed. The coup attempt failed thanks to the bravery of our police that day and those in the Trump administration who honored their oaths of office to support the Constitution and our democracy. But we still have trials to convene and further investigations to ensure that coups like Jan. 6 never recur.

We also may have to find a good optometrist to prescribe glasses for all the Republican politicians in Congress who, when they look at the footage of the insurrectionists’ “handiwork,” see only happy-go-lucky tourists instead of the barbarians who seriously harmed the police defending the Capitol — gee, I thought the GOP loved police — destroyed public property, and sought to hang Vice President Mike Pence and Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Once they’re all safely behind bars, we can then turn our attention to social media.

Leo Nagorski

Shaler