Supporting youI rarely get a letter or email supporting a letter that I wrote, but I do get personal comments. I also get many comments about my columns in the Reader Weekly. Unfortunately, few seem to notice that I stopped writing for the Reader when I got bumped one too many times.
Disagreeing politely
Disagreeing anonymously
I received a polite disagreement when I had a letter published questioning the assertion that “the People” have spoken by showing up at meetings. See
The few don’t represent ‘the people’
http://magree.blogspot.com/2016/05/the-few-dont-represent-people.html
The letter writer included his name and address on the envelope. Unfortunately, he only reasserted what I had objected to in my letter to the editor. He claimed that all have the opportunity to write letters or show up at meetings. I didn’t respond that many people don’t feel strongly enough one way or another to write or show up. Besides, all "the people" wouldn’t fit in a hearing room.
Every month or so I get one of the third type. I think it may be the same person but I’m not sure. The outside is covered with various diatribes using various sizes of pens and colors of ink. I just throw these away without even opening them. One of the latest was ironic: in all caps it had “SHE’S SCREECHY PREACHY” meaning Hillary Clinton. Isn’t this anonymous letter writer being “SCREECHY PREACHY”?
