A Veteran’s Thoughts
By Ski Ingram
May 2026
I was hoping to write about something uplifting and positive this month. However, with the news of the disgusting practices of Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), and then the shooting at the Whie House Correspondent’s dinner on April 25th, I found it necessary to address how the Left’s hateful rhetoric has played into the third attempt on President Trump’s life.
The hateful language on the Left towards President Trump and those on the Right is bad enough but with the SPLC paying hate groups like the KKK to cause trouble, while at the same time soliciting funds to fight those same hate groups proves to me that some on the Left have uncontrolled hate for patriotic Americans. This confirms to me that Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) is destroying our way of life.
Those on the Left continue to state that the hate and the vitriol is on both sides, the Right and the Left. Yes, there are a few misguided people on the Right, but these people are not condoned by those on the Right. It’s the Left who spew their hatred of President Trump and his supporters. They openly state during speeches, during interviews, and on social media how they will punish those on the Right when they gain power. Most of the hateful people on the Right would not have a platform if the Left did not report on the crazy things they say. The Left reports on the outrageous things on the Right in order for them to say, “it happens on both sides.”
It’s bad enough that the media, Democratic congressmen, and people on Left-leaning social media sites lie to us daily, but then it is reported that the SPLC has been paying hate groups to spew their hatred while purporting to oppose those groups and organizations, using this tactic to increase the divide and the SPLC’s own relevance. I’ll be interested to hear how the Left leaning media will address the SPLC’s criminal activities. I do not expect that they will condemn the SPLC. This organization is very powerful and supports the Democrats and the Progressives as they work to destroy America as we know it. The SPLC and the Left want us to believe that America was founded on slavery, and that the Republican party is trying to destroy democracy, when in fact they are the ones destroying it.
Thomas Sowell has said, “Some things are believed because they are demonstrably true, but many other things are believed simply because they have been asserted repeatedly and repetition has been accepted as a substitute for evidence.”
The Left will stand outside an event with signs promoting political agitation, hysterically scream about impending fascism, do podcast interviews explaining why political murder is justified, and explain why assassination victims had it coming. They also confidently declare that when one of their own takes them literally and attempts an assassination, that it must have been staged. I find it very troubling that so many people fall for their lies.
Samuel Adams said many years ago, “It’s in the interest of tyrants to reduce the people to ignorance and vice. For they cannot live in any country where virtue and knowledge prevail.”
How do we, true patriots and lovers of freedom, counter the lies and half-truths the Left tells us every day? We must educate ourselves to what the Left is trying to do to our country. We must express our opinions about the greatness of America without being afraid of opposing voices. The Left wants us to remain quiet because their ideas cannot thrive in the light of truth and knowledge.
America is in a fight for its survival. If those on the Left win this war, they will eliminate free speech and freedom of religion like they did during the Covid Pandemic, and they will abolish our right to bear arms. We cannot let this happen; our very welfare depends on it.
Ski Ingram is a combat veteran and a patriot who can be reached at: Or www.Skiingram.com
