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Dear Ms. Kupper,

Thank you for sharing this essay. It is an exemplary report on the changes that have been made and are being made. There is much here that you direct our attention to and I wholly agree with you.

However, I have a problem with tagging these changes to the label of the 'far right' and I have for some time. I can't think of all this damage as being only a far right attack on Democracy, though the people that spearhead these changes are far right. I don't know why this labeling bothers me, but I believe that all of society bears responsibility for this cyclical damage to the varying degrees of progressive or just government institutions humankind has sought to create.

I just want that I or someone will arrive at the label that best describes the movement or people that revile Justice. The kind of people that at every instance of such seeks to dismantle the governing institution that might embody the good that Justice can bring about.

I think maybe I'm just seeking more than a label. Perhaps I really want the root cause or am unsatisfied with the label seeming insufficient. All I know is that that label 'the far right' seems too convenient or easy to use. This is an annoyance that I'll probably have to get over, I think or come up with one that fits for me.

Anyway, thank you for sharing your excellent and accurate observations. I hope that they spread far into the world and move people to fight off the assaults on justice and equity.

I hope that you don't take offense at my nitpicking. I often see others nitpick an excellent piece and it annoys me. Peace.

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