Slap the teen trolls<\/p>\n
I am begging any celebrity with young followers to condemn the hatred spewed by Nick Fuentes (\u201cFuentes builds a troll army,\u201d<\/a> Rikki Schlott, Nov. 19).<\/p>\n Is no influencer, singer, actor or athlete brave enough to come out and say this must stop? Fuentes has accomplished nothing in his life to warrant a following. No good Christian would ever accept his vitriol against Jews, women or black people. I don\u2019t believe in censorship, but hatred must not go unchallenged.<\/p>\n And to Fuentes, I ask: Have you no sense of decency?<\/p>\n Martha Olivier<\/p>\n Manhattan<\/p>\n NYPD\u2019s bravest<\/p>\n As a retired law-enforcement officer, I express my admiration and gratitude for NYPD officer Sharjeel Waris\u2019 bravery in facing and taking down a shotgun-wielding thug in Brownsville, Brooklyn (\u201cFacing down death,\u201d <\/a>Nov. 18).<\/p>\n I thank God he survived this encounter after taking a shotgun blast to the face. The thug he took down was no loss to society. Waris acted in the highest tradition of any police or peace officer in the nation.<\/p>\n Gary Acerra<\/p>\n Staten Island<\/p>\n Office trasher bust<\/p>\n I\u2019m just curious as to how an intruder was able to enter into the office of US Attorney for the District of New Jersey Alina Habba, and why no one seems to be questioning the lack of security there (\u201cHabba \u2018office trasher\u2019 busted,\u201d<\/a> Nov. 16).<\/p>\n Try to enter any of the five New York City District Attorney\u2019s Offices without being stopped first by security \u2014 it wouldn\u2019t happen.<\/p>\n Steven Mendelsohn<\/p>\n Whitestone<\/p>\n Imam\u2019s Jew hate<\/p>\n As a CUNY professor myself, I was saddened to learn that a self-proclaimed imam could not participate in an interfaith CUNY workshop in a dignified and respectful manner (\u201cRevolt at CUNY \u2018Zionist,\u2019\u200a\u201d<\/a> Nov. 20) .<\/p>\n I would invite this person to remember and embrace the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.\u200a: \u201cWe must all learn to live together as brothers or we will all perish together as fools.\u201d<\/p>\n Martin Garfinkle<\/p>\n Staten Island<\/p>\n No comrade in AI<\/p>\n Adam B. Coleman\u2019s column on technocrats using AI to sell socialism highlights a real danger (\u201cFuture Shock,\u201d<\/a> Postscript, Nov. 16).<\/p>\n But the problem is not only the ideology; it\u2019s the consolidation of power behind it. History shows that centralized planning fails, and combining it with opaque AI systems only magnifies the risk.<\/p>\n Instead of turning to redistributive schemes, we should focus on strengthening competition, encouraging innovation and expanding opportunities for education. These solutions preserve individual freedom while addressing AI\u2019s disruptions without sacrificing the principles of a free society.<\/p>\n If we accept \u201cAI-driven socialism\u201d as progress, we risk giving up both economic liberty and personal agency. The better path is to embrace and reform capitalism, not abandon it.<\/p>\n Ryan Conte<\/p>\n Monroe, Conn.<\/p>\n Close to treason<\/p>\n