Sound Off for May 16, 2017

Venom rights

Hopefully Governor Deal will sign the Campus Snake bill next year, which will allow students to carry rattlesnakes into college classrooms in order to reduce the number of students being bitten by rattlesnakes.

Lesser evil

I wasn't a Trump supporter but he's our president and I want our country to do well. Besides, the only other choice we had was even worse.

Uneasy calm

If Midtown, Inc. thinks stopped, bumper-to-bumper traffic at 11:30 a.m. from 13th Avenue to 10th Avenue is “traffic calming,” take a look at the drivers’ faces. Way to go, traffic engineer.

No guarantee

New Miss USA, Karen McCullough, is being attacked for saying she believes that affordable healthcare is a privilege instead of a right. You mean she's never seen that constitutional amendment that guarantees affordable healthcare?

Sounds familiar

Trump Budget Director Mick Mulvaney says diabetics don't deserve health care because they gave themselves diabetes.

Telling

When Angela Merkel met with Trump in Washington, the headline in Politico read: "Leader of Free World Meets with Donald Trump."

Right-minded

The ACA made available healthcare for all citizens. It was imperfect, but millions of citizens benefited. Republicans think we should pay higher premiums. Millions can’t, therefore less coverage. Shame, Republicans.

By definition

When a person puts a knee into the neck of another person until they die, that is taking another person's life.

Cultural bias

Why are some people allowed to have their history and heritage while others are expected to give theirs up? What happened to “multicultural diversity”?

You’re the racist

Hey Leonard Pitts: A racist allegation of racism is meritless.

This story was originally published May 15, 2017 at 1:04 PM with the headline "Sound Off for May 16, 2017."