Re “Readers offer strikingly different views of Trump’s 34 guilty verdicts” (May 31): “I taught my students in Government 101 that the basis of democracy is an agreement, written or unwritten, that has two parts: 1) the loser of a fair election won’t use violence or other illegal means to overthrow the results but instead will wait for the next fair election; and 2) the winner won’t use violence or other illegal means to prevent the loser from participating in the next fair election in a reasonable amount of time,” wrote Howard R. Killion in a letter published Saturday.
1) What happened on Jan. 6, 2021?
2) How does a legal prosecution violate this tenet?
Oh, I get it now. This is satire. Good one, Howard!
— Gregg Ferry, Carlsbad
When I took Government 101, I was taught that the Constitution is the basis of our democracy. I really don’t think that someone who tried everything possible to overthrow the result of a fair and legal election and refers to those who gave their lives defending our country and Constitution as “losers and suckers” knows anything or cares one bit about democracy.
— Robert Liggett, Escondido
