NguMike Ferner, KwiPortside, UJanuwari 17, 2021
OoCongressers abathandekayo kunye neeSenethi,
Le leta imalunga nesicaphucaphu, ukungcangcazela koloyiko oziva ngalo xa kwaqhuma intiyo kuwe ngoJanuwari 6. Nceda ungalibali. Ijenali malunga nayo ngaphambi kokuba iphele. Nyamezela amaphupha amabi. Gcina ipeni kunye nephepha kwindawo yakho yasebusuku ukurekhoda into ekuvusileyo ekukhaleni kufanelekile. Sukuyibamba. Ungayiyeki ihambe.
Ukuba ungazifaka ebhankini ezo mvakalelo wawunazo njengoko nibe nixinene kunye kwaye ninethemba lokuba iminyango iyakubamba, olo suku lunokuba yintsikelelo kuni… kwaye lungcono kwiriphabliki yethu. Ngapha koko, inokuba yinto nje esindisa iRiphabliki yethu ukuba oko kunokwenzeka.
Uloyiko onalo ngaloo mini lwaluyinyani, ukuba lufutshane, lubonisa into ethe yanyanyezelwa zizigidi zabantu ngenxa yeevoti wena noogxa bakho bangaphambili abaziphosa kwela gumbi, behleli kwezo zitulo kanye, njengoko begunyazisa izigidi ngezigidi zeedola ukondla kunye nokukhupha owona matshini mkhulu wemfazwe eMhlabeni.
Cinga ngeevoti oziphosileyo "ukuxhasa umkhosi," othe ngokwenyani wabathuma ukuba babethe phantsi umnyango womntu ngentsimbi yesibini ekuseni, bangene ngokukhawuleza, bakhwaze kusapho oloyikayo, bebe imali yabo, boyikise abafazi nabantwana, babambe amadoda baxelele ngalo lonke ixesha elizayo xa uza kwenza ilali yabo "ibonakale njengenyanga."
Cinga nje ngenye yeejethi zokulwa osithengele zona, ukubhabha ezantsi kwaye ezinzulwini zobusuku kwilali engazange ive nantoni na engxola ngaphezu kokukhala kwebhokhwe, ngequbuliso ukoyikwa kukwaphula iindlebe, kuduma isandi esinamandla ngokwaneleyo ukuba sikubethe. Cinga ngomama ophila phantsi kweebhombu, esazi ukuba kuphela kwamanzi analo kusana lwakhe kuya kumenza agule. Cinga ngamaxesha angenakubalwa wena nabandulelayo nivotele ukuguqula amakhuba ethu abe ngamakrele namajoni afunekayo ukoyikisa abantu abantsundu nabantsundu abalambele umhlaba omncinci kunye nentando yesininzi nithi iCapitol Building imele ngokukodwa. Cinga ukuba mangaphi kula majoni asemancinci, anomdla owavotele "ukuwaxhasa" abuye enemizimba eyaphukileyo kwaye ephazamisekile engqondweni.
Cinga ngeevoti oziphosileyo ezigunyazisa ukonyuka emva kokunyuka komkhosi wase-US, esele inkulu kunaleyo yamazwe alishumi alandelayo edityanisiwe, ukubonelela ngezixhobo zamva nje, eyona mikhosi ikhethekileyo ibulala, iinqwelomoya eziphambili. Cinga ngobuninzi bobuxoki obuxelelwe bona ukuze uvote.
Mhlawumbi ke uya kuba nakho ukumelana nxamnye nomkhankaso olandelayo wokuchazwa kwe-disinformation ohlala uphambi komngcelele oya emfazweni okanye isenzo esilandelayo sobundlobongela esiya kubantu esingaphikisani nabo. Kwaye ngokwenza njalo, uya kuba nakho ukuvotela izinto ozaziyo entliziyweni yakho ungathanda ukuvotela zona, ezithi zivele zibe zizinto ezifanayo uninzi lwabantu bethu olufunayo kunye nenkxaso.
Kwiminyaka ezayo, ilizwe lethu kunye neenkokheli zalo ziya kwalatha kuJanuwari 6 njengosuku lokukhumbula. Ithemba lam elinamandla kukuba wena kunye noogxa bakho niyakukhumbula indlela enaziva nizingqusheke ngayo emgangathweni wegumbi leNdlu kwaye niyikhumbule kungengomhla woloyiko nje kuphela, kodwa nanjengolo suku nifumene olona luvo kunye novelwano ngobomi benu.
[UFerner wayengumntu owayesibhedlele ngexesha lemfazwe yaseVietnam kwaye waya eIraq naseAfghanistan. Ubhala eToledo, eOhio.]
I mpendulo
Ubundlobongela bubundlobongela. Ngoku uyazi ukuba abafundi bethu abancinci baziva njani xa umdubuli engena esikolweni sabo, ebanga ubomi ngokungakhethi; Ngelixa befihla bebaleka besindisa ubomi babo kuba igosa elonyuliweyo leli lizwe alinakho ukwenza ubulumko, ukukhusela amaxhoba kwimithetho yemipu.