Every so often I receive a letter with no return address but lots of attack printing on the front and back. I thought that these letters were in response to my “Party of One” columns in the Reader Weekly, but I stopped writing for the Reader over a year ago when I had been bumped one too many times.
But they keep coming every few weeks and every few weeks I put them unopened into the recycle box. I guess this mysterious writer also reads this blog. Thank goodness I don’t allow comments on it.
My advice to this writer is start your own blog. It’s free and you might even earn a bit of ad revenue.
Showing posts with label anonymous letters. Show all posts
Showing posts with label anonymous letters. Show all posts
Monday, August 07, 2017
Thursday, May 26, 2016
We get letters!
If you have a letter published in a newspaper, you may get letters in the mail. They can be of three kinds:
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”?
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”?
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