To the editor:
Those of us who live in far Western Kentucky tend to be pretty reserved, most of the time. We have gotten used to being left alone, and we like it that way. We don’t often make trouble, and we don’t like it when outside agitators bring it to us. Oh, we’ve gotten used to the occasional retired MSU professor stirring up some kind of revisionist silliness, but that’s part of the charm of living here. We have our own local crackpots, and we tolerate them. But, when a young man from Illinois, who went to college in Tennessee, then later in West Virginia moves here to work in our town, at our University, and in less than a year starts telling us how to commemorate the service of our ancestors, that’s a little too much. And, we don’t need outsiders trying to bring national political activism into our homes, either. If you don’t like it here, go home. Leave us alone. Please.
Thomas Y. Hiter
Fairdealing
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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