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DEAR EDITOR:
A Munson resident recently wrote to a local newspaper denigrating the Geauga County Tea Party and the Critical Race Theory (CRT) presentation given by an actual member of the state school board. While well-written, the letter failed to mention two important items:
First, he asked no questions, which intimates he may have had a preconclusion and may not have wanted his paradigm confused with previously unconsidered facts. His questions would have been welcomed in a civil discussion of probably conflicting ideas and perhaps even ideologies, but it would have been very stimulating and interesting. Unfortunately, that opportunity was foregone for reasons known only to him.
The Geauga County Tea Party encourages civil and respectful questions and frank dialogue, which is in stark contrast to the Ohio school board, whose president forbade any discussion on CRT. Which philosophy would this Munsonite prefer?
Second, if he came to a conservative group's meeting, did he expect a love fest for Marxism? Our tea party has clearly conservative ideology, and we make no apology for having core beliefs based on successful results running economies, companies, nations and bettering the lives of more people and to a greater degree than any civilization in the history of mankind.
We are all about results, not solely feelings and emotions. We don't excuse failure with "at least they meant well." We want the job done right, meaning with the least amount of governmental interference, at the lowest cost, with transparency and accountability to taxpayers and within the boundaries prescribed by the U.S. and Ohio constitutions, preserving the freedoms of all people as guaranteed by these sacred documents.
We seek honesty in our dialogue partners, nothing else, as they are entitled to their own views, but, sorry, not their own facts. If you come to a Geauga County Tea Party meeting, be prepared to hear well-researched facts and well-reasoned conclusions based on high-quality solid data, statistical accuracy and logic, not emotions and good intentions.
Be prepared to ask intelligent questions in a civil manner and be prepared for honest answers. And above all, be prepared to have your opinion and humanity respected. If you come, you will leave smarter.
JAMES R. MacNEAL
Vice president
Geauga County Tea Party
Burton