Candidate Seeks to Redefine Sacrifice

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Drop in to any coffee shop in town and you’ll hear people talking about it.  No, not the hot weather, summer traffic or the Sawdust Festival.

The topic that’s generating all the buzz is Donald Trump’s attacks on Khizr Khan, the father of a Muslim American soldier killed in action, for questioning his (Trump’s) sacrifice to America.

With so much turmoil swirling around Mr. Khan’s speech at the Democratic Convention last week, I decided to Google “sacrifice.”  Here are the facts:  The Khans lost a son in war and Trump says he sacrificed for his employees.

The definition is clear.  Sacrifice is, “The act of giving up something that you want to keep especially in order to get or do something else or to help someone.”

I leave it to the voters to decide which party and presidential candidate best embodies the spirit of the word.

Denny Freidenrich, Laguna Beach

 

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