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‘Wack’ ideology
The Post recently reported that 40% of young voters say the UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing was acceptable (“Twisted fan club,” Dec. 19).
We really have to dig deeper into why this horrific act is deemed acceptable to American youth.
While there could be many factors, I think we have to take a close look at what role schools and colleges are playing in promoting activism.
Secondly, we should also investigate the curriculum being promulgated — starting with the notion that success and business are evil.
This ideology stems from the oppressor-oppressed matrix, which is clearly an obsession in schools.
When you embed activism and oppressor ideology into curriculum, it is not surprising this is the outcome of the poll. Schools need to return to focusing on core curriculum and removing activism from the agenda.
Eileen Corr,
Brewster, Mass.
TikTok’s savior?
President-elect Donald Trump has said it was his son Barron who first encouraged him to utilize the social-media app TikTok (“Make it a Don deal,” Dec. 19).
Doing so, he reached young audiences on the campaign trail. It worked like a charm.
So, if TikTok helped Trump win the election, then it can’t be all bad.
He says he has a “warm spot” in his heart for this Chinese app, but let’s not forget its risks.
James Hyland,
Beechhurst
Simply unbearable
I was sick to my stomach about Honey the black bear and the 100-plus injured and suffering animals confined at the Holtsville Ecology Site on Long Island (“ ‘Bear’ly Legal,” Dec. 8).
Why was this allowed to happen over 25 years?
Where was the ASPCA?
The evidence of neglect and torture from the condition of those poor animals over the long term was present.
How can that be legal?
Gerri Goerke,
Scarsdale
Albany’s albatross
The trial lawyers have owned Albany for decades (“Why New York’s a ‘Judicial Hellhole,’ ” Editorial, Dec. 16).
Former state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver set the template for political control of the judiciary when he installed his inexperienced and unqualified childhood pal Jonathan Lippman as the state’s chief judge.
Lippman ensured that the courts continued to deliver big paydays for the lawyers while Silver shut down any legislative tort-reform initiatives.
Silver and Lippman are no longer in office, but the game remains the same.
It’s no coincidence that Lippman chairs one of NYC’s criminal-justice reform commissions.
Tort reform would make life in New York more affordable and provide more opportunity for everyone.
Crime, taxes and the cost of living are the prime reasons why so many are leaving.
Who are the trial lawyers going to sue when everyone is gone?
Charles T. Compton,
The Bronx
Customers’ rights
Kudos to the owners of Beuchert’s Saloon for ensuring politics stays off the menu, and having its staff serve rather than sermonize (“Waiter fired after comments about refusing service to some Trump officials,” Dec. 14).
Customers go to restaurants for hospitality, not hostility.
This doesn’t mean servers should abandon their principles or rights to free speech, but there’s a time and place.
A restaurant is not that place.
Public spaces like restaurants should serve as neutral ground, where diverse individuals interact on common ground.
Todd L. Pittinsky,
Port Jefferson
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