Editor:

The Nov. 27 Opinion Page included letters from citizens that I think demonstrate some of the defining ideas of Trump’s America: bad faith and moral relativism.

One man argues that “liberals” should get over it, that “my man” Trump won fair and square. This is a bad faith argument. The candidate and his supporters never conceded the last election, whining that he was cheated out of his second term in 2020, despite no credible evidence. Trump couldn’t get over his 2020 loss, yet this year’s losers must remain quiet?

Another man argues that Trump can’t possibly be divisive, as he intends to place some women in his cabinet, and that to argue that he should be judged for his obviously hate-filled language and actions is to follow the “destructive path of identity politics.” His supporters, by the way, flew a banner off of Highway 20 arguing to “Dump Joe and the Ho.” The candidate himself repeated ridiculous lies about legal Haitian immigrants because it made his strongest supporters happy. More bad faith. It’s only by wrong to point out “identity politics” when the “liberals” do it?

Trump did win this time, “fair and square.” That means that more Americans than not are supportive of, unbothered by, or are willfully ignorant of the bad faith actions and moral relativism that he promises.

We are all about to find out how bright our “beacon of freedom and achievement” can shine, when it’s been made clear that many Americans are willing to tolerate a more unfair and unjust system.

Ryan Cannon

Oak Harbor