Letter to the editor: Destroying our foundations

Webster defines murder as an unlawful killing, and it should be condemned. The murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, however, has been hailed by some and justified by others (such as Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who stated that “you can only push someone so far”) as though this murder were a lawful act, like a soldier killing in combat.

This perverted attitude toward murder and the law reflects the depravity of social norms. This is observed also in liberal attitudes of redefining an illegal immigrant as an “undocumented person” or calling a biological man a woman. By changing the definition of words, we destroy the fabric of our legal system and thereby the foundation of our society. If the definition of unlawful becomes warped into lawful, then murder becomes condoned, and reality becomes delusional.

I believe this trend to alter the meaning of words has been promulgated throughout our liberal education system in an effort to destroy Western civilization (“Hey Hey, Ho Ho, Western Civ has got to go”). The foundation of Western civilization is stated in the Ten Commandments — “Do not murder” — which has been stricken from our schools and public institutions by liberal ideologies under the false narrative of separation of church and state.

Dr. Joel I. Last

Greensburg