Letter to the editor: Plenty of incitement on Jan. 6

I found Guy Kosinski’s letter “Incitement a tool of the left” smug and lacking in facts. He demeans another letter-writer, writing, “Like all misguided liberals, (Suzanne) Colvin attempts to paint the Jan. 6 incident at our nation’s Capitol as the worst threat to life and liberty we’ve ever seen.” The insurrection was the worst assault on Washington, D.C., since the War of 1812. Scores were injured, some died and our democracy itself came under bloody assault.

Then Kosinski boldly states, “She even goes so far as to falsely accuse a number of Republican congressmen of helping to incite the violence.” Rep. Madison Cawthorne gave a fiery speech. Rep. Mo Brooks shouted that the time had come to “kick ass and take names.” Sen. Josh Hawley was photographed giving the mob a raised, clenched-fist salute. How much incitement do you need?

Kosinski claims that “such incitement is a tool used almost exclusively by the left.” You don’t say. …Tell that to Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump Jr., Alex Jones, etc. Is it too much to ask Kosinski to provide at least one example of what he claims?

Finally, Kosinski opines, “2021 was the deadliest year on record for our brave men and women in blue; I think that’s because of the left’s daily demonization of police officers.” On Jan. 6, 140 police officers were injured by incited Trump supporters who beat them down with bats, chairs, hockey sticks, flagpoles and fists.

Wouldn’t it be nice if right-wing letter-writers relied more on facts than rumor, supposition and propaganda?

Jim Harger

New Kensington