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Passionate Voices in an Anguished Time
More from our inbox: The E.P.A., UpendedTo the Editor: Reasonable Americans, where are you? Where is your protest? Where is your voice? For decades, your country has called itself “the leader of the free world.” That title carries responsibility …
More from our inbox:
- The E.P.A., Upended
To the Editor:
Reasonable Americans, where are you? Where is your protest? Where is your voice?
For decades, your country has called itself “the leader of the free world.” That title carries responsibility — not just to yourselves, but also to all of us who depend on a strong, stable and principled America.
Yet as your nation turns inward, as truth is twisted, allies are abandoned and authoritarianism gains ground, we hear too little from you — the ones who must be watching in dismay.
Surely you are out there. Surely you see the damage being done. But silence is complicity. If you still believe in democracy, decency and global leadership, now is the time to act. Speak up. Organize. Protest. Vote. Show the world that America’s reasonable majority still exists — and that it still cares.
Because history is watching. And so is the world.
Floris Moojen
Amsterdam
To the Editor:
A message to our friends in other countries:
America is still here. We are beat down, but we are not beaten. We are scarred, but we are not scared.
We will survive, but not without consequences. Children will die of vaccine-preventable diseases. We grieve for them, for their families and for the lives they would have led, the contributions they would have made.
We still care about you, our friends. We care about whether children in sub-Saharan Africa have access to lifesaving medications. We care about the people of Ukraine and the three long years of undeserved hell you have endured.
