Belief is taking dangerous precedent over fact

The anti-fascist protests all over America and some other parts of the world were anti-American, that’s what Mr. Jon Buss believes, so that’s what they were (“Antifa is a threat, whether you acknowledge it or not,” publsihed Nov. 19).

They were violent, that’s what Jon believes, so that’s what they were.

Human caused climate change is a hoax, that’s what Jon believes, so that’s what it is.

Antifa is a terrorist organization funded by left wing billionaires, that’s what Jon believes, so that’s what it is.

People who support ant-fascism are a bunch of thugs dressed in black with masks, that’s what Jon believes, so that’s what they are.

All of these things that Jon believes can be proven not to be true, but when you believe you have no need for facts because only what you believe matters. Trump supporters believe he was a good man and the right man for the job, never mind what all of the facts said about him, that he was a cheat, a con man a swindler and many other things.

All of those facts were available to anyone who would take the time to find out about him when he ran the first time, but, again, facts didn’t matter, because they believe what they wanted to. That’s why I think, along with Christopher Hitchins and several other renowned atheists, that faith and belief are two of the most dangerous things in the world. Just sayin’.

Larry Benson

Enumclaw