Cartoon misses point of 'Hate has no home' signs - or does it?

I am surprised and disappointed in Signe Wilkinson's editorial cartoon featuring "Hate has no home here" signs (Thursday), especially since there are a lot of those signs on lawns, including mine, in Cherry Hill. I have heard that some people are attaching political identifications to those signs.

Some of the Cherry Hill elementary schools posted those signs, considering it an appropriate and apolitical sentiment, and some were criticized for doing so, claiming the sign IS a political statement.

The designers/creators of these signs, from a Chicago neighborhood, have taken extraordinary efforts to insure that their design is not used for or connected with any political cause.

The woman who printed the batch from which I received mine also reiterated the apolitical message, although she noted that some President Trump supporters have a knee-jerk objection to the sign "out of a feeling of guilt" regarding the president's statements and positions.

Even if you take Ms. Wilkinson's implication that those who post the sign "hate the haters," you are imploring a double-negative, which effectively means that the sentiment of the sign simply objects to the strong feeling evoked in disseminating hatred.

— Elliot Feinstein, Cherry Hill

In Signe Wilkinson's editorial cartoon, she purports to ridicule suburban liberals who post "No Home for Hate" yard signs but presumably harbor hatred for President Trump.

Just one problem with Wilkinson's case for hypocrisy: we who are repulsed by the president don't hate him for his skin color, his religion, his nationality, or his ethnicity. The president offends us with his words and deeds.
The hate that our yard signs speak to is tarring people for belonging to a certain group, not for actions that violate our sense of justice and decency.

— Howard Dansky, Glenside, fairstarhd@earthlink.net

Spot on, Signe! You've been driving around Mount Airy, haven't you?

— Jenny Godwin, Mount Airy

Every Signe Wilkinson editorial cartoon is a wake-up call, a concise statement, a revelation in stark black and white (or color) of the dangers of today's "leadership." They make me laugh and cry — often at the same time. They help to pinpoint my anger. They have helped me to celebrate when celebration was due, to mourn when appropriate, and always to marvel at her intelligence and ability to transmit that intelligence in a few square inches of newsprint.

What a brilliant columnist does in a long piece, she does in short form, with equal — often unequal, in her favor — clout. I especially miss her strips about Philadelphia. Her characters took on a life of their own, and I knew what to expect from many of them.

— Hildred Nozick, Voorhees

My wife and I vacationed in Ocean City, Md., when our children were small ("Jersey Shore overrated," June 4). The letter writer is correct about getting a condo on the beach and no beach tags.

The trade-off for heading to Maryland is a horrendous three-hour drive, especially on a Saturday; one road that runs through the middle of town and is a constant logjam; and mediocre eating establishments. If you have young kids and want to hit the boardwalk, that is a trek.

We learned that the place to keep your sanity is the north end bordering Fenwick Island, Del.

In Ocean City, N.J., the all-season beach tags are $20. We like to hit the Jersey Shore as often as possible; the other night we headed home at 9:30 p.m. and made it in about 45 minutes.

Is free parking a priority? Beach-town loyalty is a funny thing.

— Wayne Phillips, Glendora