Shame on IndyStar for stoking fear and hate toward Donald Trump and his voters. Accusations like those in Sam Heiser’s March 12 letter to the editor and daily attacks in Let It Out are rarely justified by their authors. If you have evidence that Trump is a bigot, present it. If you have complaints that any of his businesses mistreated, fired or didn’t hire anyone because of race, document them. If you have pictures of him at a KKK rally, publish them. If you have recordings of racial slurs, quote them. Unsupported accusations against those you don’t agree with represent a McCarthyism that America rejected in the 1950s.

A promise to enforce immigration laws isn’t bigoted; it’s a president’s duty. Keeping undocumented refugees from violent countries out of our country temporarily until we know their motives and history isn’t hateful; it’s necessary to protect American lives. If you oppose those positions, explain your objections. But use facts, not innuendo.

Propagandists say that if you repeat a lie often enough, it eventually will be believed. I assume that is what IndyStar has in mind.

Paul Walorski

Columbus