The UMass College Republicans club gave away buttons and literature and posters and calendars of Ronald Reagan in the lobby of the University of Massachusetts Amherst Fine Arts Center prior to an appearance in the concert hall by Sean Spicer, a former White House press secretary to Donald Trump, on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018.
The UMass College Republicans club gave away buttons and literature and posters and calendars of Ronald Reagan in the lobby of the University of Massachusetts Amherst Fine Arts Center prior to an appearance in the concert hall by Sean Spicer, a former White House press secretary to Donald Trump, on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018. Credit: STAFF PHOTO/KEVIN GUTTING

Urges Fleitman to move to ‘true-red’ stronghold

Here we go again. If Dr. Fleitman is so unhappy with how people express their political beliefs here in Northampton, why doesn’t he move to some true-red stronghold? There’s no way I would live in one of those places that voted overwhelmingly for Trump, but I’m sure they would be happy to have Dr. Fleitman.

Yes, there those of us in the liberal/progressive community who are expressing themselves strongly, even stridently. But guess what? We’re tired of being whacked over the head with Citizens United/Kavanaugh/Hannity/Trump/Limbaugh/the Koch brothers. We’re not shrinking violets, and we’re not going to stand by and watch the idiotic right wing drive our world over a cliff.

Joe Jewett
Florence