Wanted: Grains of Sand

Will it do any good? I don't know. But here's what I do know: (1) Trump's attacks against Representative Ilhan Omar make me sick, (2) I fear that one or some of his Followers will resort to physical violence against Omar, and (3) to do nothing is to be complicit.

So I wrote letters to Senators McConnell and Paul, and another to The White House.

Not that I think my voice makes the tiniest bit of difference to any of these people. I am a grain of sand to them. 

You remember what happened to the statue of Ozymandias in Percy Shelley's poem?

Yep.

That was sand. Grains of sand. Lots and lots of them. 

Add yours to the wind.

Here's what I wrote if you want a skeleton:



Dear Senator McConnell, I implore you to intervene in the series of attacks perpetrated by President Trump against Representative Ilhan Omar. As a fellow worshipper at Southeast Christian Church, I am sure that you do not share President Trump's views with respect to Representative Omar, and while I understand that it might not be politically expedient to stage a public admonition of President Trump, it is obvious that you wield more than enough power to address this outrageous behavior off-stage. I share the fear of others that Mr. Trump's criminal incitement to violence will be transmuted to deeds in our current bipolar political environment. Thank you.
Your supporter, 



Dear Senator Paul, I implore you to intervene in the series of attacks perpetrated by President Trump against Representative Ilhan Omar. As a fellow libertarian, I am sure that you do not share President Trump's views with respect to Representative Omar, and while I understand that it might not be politically expedient to stage a public admonition of President Trump, it is obvious that you wield more than enough power to address this outrageous behavior off-stage. I share the fear of others that Mr. Trump's criminal incitement to violence will be transmuted to deeds in our current bipolar political environment. Thank you.
Your supporter, 




Dear Mr. President,
I implore you to cease your attacks against Representative Ilhan Omar. I share the fear of others that verbal attacks against her will be transmuted to deeds in our current bipolar political environment. My friends and I have discussed this, and we all agree that we cannot support you in 2020 if this kind of vitriol continues.
Your supporter, 


I decided that the way to go here was to keep restrained, to slightly tailor each letter to the specific person, and to put "Your supporter" as the closing...because I am supporting the move away from violent rhetoric, and because you catch more bees with honey than vinegar.