We are upset.

We are upset that Elon Musk emphatically threw two Nazi salutes at an official inaugural function that was embraced by, and cheered on by the audience and Nazis in the United States and abroad. Don’t gaslight us and try to say it wasn’t a Nazi salute. If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it’s a duck.

We are upset that President Trump pardoned 1,500 criminal Jan. 6 insurrectionists. He has now given encouragement, license and cover to any and all who exact violence in support of his political aims. Don’t tell us that the GOP is the party of law and order, when their leader has just obliterated the rule of law.

We are upset. Are you?

Now is the time for all good people to stand up for our democracy and the rule of law. What will you tell your grandchildren, when they ask you what you did when all was at stake?

BEBE MICHEL

ERIC HALPERIN

Gearhart