To the editor:

Names are not always what they seem? Names are sometimes the easiest way to attract people who do not evaluate what they hear.

Black Lives Matter is a fabulous name. How can anyone not like it and be drawn to it? But then you see what that organization does and you gasp. Various reports show where BLM protests show up, there may be fewer police incidents but the community murder rate increases. The name really should be PLDM for — Police Lives Don’t Matter. Three officers in Houston are ambushed and killed. How many people even know about that?

Another name that sounds good is Reproductive Health, often used by pro-abortionists. I wonder whose health is involved! Certainly not the life of the unborn baby. They are being aborted at the rate of about 1 million per year just in America. The mother’s health is rarely involved. A C-section will take care of most health issues of the mother. There is controversy about how to handle some very difficult and very few health issues, but that doesn’t justify killing 1 million unborn babies. By the way, 2 million people want to adopt a baby. One could say, they want to save a baby.

Face it, abortion is a whoops-almost-too-late-contraceptive. Should an unborn baby die because of a mistake in protecting one from pregnancy? Many people have unexpected pregnancies and accept it as a blessing in the long run. So many times, one considers abortion, chooses life and is absolutely delighted with the person that she births. Abortion kills that possibility.

“Racists” is another strong word that one is drawn to accept but it has become more of a political statement. Our cities are full of crime today and the same politicians are voted in each time. One of their primary slogans is that Republicans are racist. To illustrate the intelligence of the voter, there are few Republicans or Republican candidates in the cities. The term could more appropriately be said of the other party whose policies have resulted in crime and lack of achievement.

Always look beyond the name. It might only be a twisted advertisement unlike this letter which I will call a revelation.

John Benedict

Cape Coral