Greenwood County Democratic Party

The Greenwood County Republican Party submitted a rather meanspirited and factually incorrect opinion piece in the Index Journal in July. We did not stay silent and responded with the following, which was published on July 20, 2025.

We read with interest the article in the Index Journal on 7/6/25 regarding America’s founders and conservative values.

It implied that all positive values are conservative in nature and that all negative values are liberal in nature. They state that liberal values (“the left’s agenda”) are tearing down traditional principles and are “tyranny with a smiling face.” Furthermore, they trot out the tired and inaccurate tropes about the left pushing gender confusion and replacing family values with government programs.

Well, we think instead that they are confused and challenge their assertions.

• There is no gender pushing, only recognition the right of individuals to live free of government tyranny.
  
• Armed, masked agents of the government snatching people off of the street, without due process, is the classic definition of tyranny.
  
• Separating families, including mothers and children, and placing them in cages is not the American way. It smacks of World War II tactics and its dreaded tyranny.
  
• Removing female autonomy from women’s health care decisions is the same governmental interference that they argue against. “None of your business” should apply here.