Editor, Gazette-Journal:

Some letters written recently I feel the need to address.

One was offended by a message on a car window that was felt to be disrespectful to Kamal Harris. I’ve never seen or heard one person cite one thing that Harris did for the country during her tenure. Respect is earned, not given. Biden said from the beginning that he would pick a “woman of color” for VP, but didn’t say anything about their qualifications. Race nor gender qualifies anyone for a job. Meritocracy is what the country’s work ethic was built on and we need to go back to that.

Before the election, words were thrown at conservative Americans such as Nazis, racists, deplorables, misogynists, bigots, garbage and white supremacist, to name a few. The Democratic Party strategy was based on name-calling, trashing Trump and not answering a question of any significance.

Then I read a letter that said an attack on state-run media suggested an attack on the First Amendment. One has absolutely nothing to do with the other. The state-run media was not a source of facts but propaganda, and it’s clear that the people who continue to spew that Trump and his supporters are the bogeymen are their gullible listeners. Fortunately, the state-run media appears to be on life support. Maybe Elon will purchase MSNBC. Wouldn’t that be karma.

These are the things that will soon be no more: DEI, wokeness, men in women’s sports and in their bathrooms, government paying for gender-changing surgeries and open borders. Those who attempt to stand in the way of illegal aliens being removed from the country will be obstructing the law and will be swept aside and held responsible. The game playing is over. Americans are not standing for this craziness anymore and they made it very clear a few weeks ago.

Those are the things President Trump said he was going to do and I have no doubt that he and the awesome administration he is putting together will do.

Paul Willaford
Cobbs Creek, Va.