To the editor:
Last week a letter to the editor ran in the Murray Ledger with the gist that those of us who live in far west Kentucky don’t want or need opinions from outsiders. Really? How long does a person or family have to live here to have an opinion? Most of my family lines have been in the Jackson Purchase area of west Kentucky and northwest Tennessee for six generations. I guess that makes me an insider.
My insider’s opinion is that such an insular attitude is not what built the towns of the Purchase. It is not what built the strong, broad-based economy of Calloway County. It is not what built a fine university in far west Kentucky. It is not what will heal deep, generational, racial divisions.
We have serious problems. An idea is not good or bad based simply on the geographical history of the person voicing it. Good solutions – solutions that last – arise from the ability to put aside divisive rhetoric and work together for a way forward. All of us.
John P. Hart
Murray
The foregoing was a "Letter to the Editor" submitted to and printed by the Murray Ledger & Times. The entry has not been edited and is presented as it was printed on the date listed with the entry.
From June 5, 2020, through Sept. 30, 2021, the Murray Ledger & Times printed 50 "Letters to the Editor" related to Murray's Confederate monument. Those 50 letters were written by 38 different people; and of those individuals, 22 were in favor of relocating the monument, 11 wrote in support of it remaining in its present location and five did not take a clear stance on either side. The letter above is part of a collection curated by The Sentinel to provide an overview of the sentiments expressed.
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