Letters to the Editor
alteran
Published Letters: 19 Editor's Choice: 1
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This is Just Too Easy
[Read the article: Sex, drugs and a federal government small enough to drown in a bathtub]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"Every Step You Take" by The Police
"Happiness is a Warm Gun" by The Beatles
"Money" by Pink Floyd
"My Way" by Elvis Presley
"Fixin' to Die Rag (One, Two, Three, What Are We Fightin' For?)" by Country Joe and the Fish
"Simple Kind of Man" by Lynyrd Skynyrd
"It's The End of the World As We Know it (and I Feel Fine)" by REM
Somebody, please stop me!
Or them.
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Disappointed, Salon
[Read the article: Duke women not innocent]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I just wanted to say how thoroughly disappointed I was to find this mindless editorial in Salon. Not so much the ultimate conclusion made by the writer-- I actually do think the headbands are ultimately counter-productive, although understandable.
As a life-long resident of Durham, I have followed this case. I originally assumed the accused claims would have merit. They didn't-- the only way to describe the case against her claims at this point is... overwhelming.
I could cite every example by heart, but frankly, I'm paying you to do that.
You know what scares me the most? The only people acknowledging the facts in this case are by and large the wingnut media.
Would you guys mind putting your "media watchdog" hats back on? There's a very interesting story here-- but it isn't about patriarchy and privilige-- at least not in the way you think it is.
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letter-- Salon users WERE consistent
[Read the article: Replaying GOP racism]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]In your post from Friday, you called Salon readers inconsistent because they objected to the TO/Desperate Houswives overreaction, and because they're outraged at the GOP-funded "Call me" ad.
What is inconsistent about 1) being annoyed at people being fearful of interracial sex and 2) being annoyed at an ad appealing to people fearful of interracial sex?
You reasoning is completely erroneous. Good thing your post is on the internet, though-- you should be getting a call to help plan Iraq strategy from the White House any minute now.
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insert funny: What are you talking about?
[Read the article: Replaying GOP racism]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I don't know how more simply I can put it-- "letter" (who I assume is you, but if not, no matter) accused Salon readers of hypocrisy because they were offended by two separate sets of racists. Somehow, "letter" (and you) think this is inconsistent. It is not.
I never said that only I should be allowed to define what is racist. You are making what is called a "strawman argument." A strawman argument is where you put words into the mouth of a second party, because you do not have the intellectual wherewithal to refute what the second party actually said.
It's a staple of the right wing playbook, I see you got the memo.
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Amen
[Read the article: Yes, Democrats do need the South!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Gilgore is spot on here-- Democrats running AGAINST the south is every bit as wrong and reprehensible (not to mention fundamentally elitist and unamerican) as Repubs running against Mass and San Francisco.
More importantly, Golgore's right that it's flat out stupid. The fact that just as many southern legislatures are controlled by Dems as Repubs should be a big hint that the region is not as hopeless as we sometimes feel.
Schaller is right about one thing: the southern pandering has to stop. THAT'S where the real damage has been done to our national discourse, and how the center of American discussion has moved so very far to the right.
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SR-- You Are Completely Full of It
[Read the article: Yes, Democrats do need the South!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]SR,
Your rant is, at the very least, counterproductive, and at worst, a mostly fabricated pile of nonsense meant to create divisiveness and reinforce stereotypes.
The one thing you got right was that there was one set of cross burnings in Durham (NC) only a year or so ago. Pretty appalling. They occurred one night near the interstates, concomittant with a visit by Revered Phelps of "God Hates Fags" fame and his crew. Despite being an appalling event, it was a one night occurrance that could have happened in many places. It is apparently the only such event here since 1968. http://xrl.us/th5v (Link to www.pamspaulding.com)
I have lived in Durham, Raleigh, and RTP for 40 years and I have NEVER seen such a vehicle NOR such a bumper sticker. I am not saying neither exist anywhere (unfortunately, I suspect they probably do) but don't state this like it's commonplace. Furthermore, seeing this at a high-tech company in RTP really strains credibility, because of the highly expatriate nature of that region of North Carolina. Anyone displaying such animosity in an open matter would knowingly be offending co-workers, customers, and, undoubtedly, someone above them in the company.
Frankly, I call BS.
The first 5 pages of google results do not show any record of July civil war re-enactments in Raleigh of any kind, much less an annual one in the capital building on the fourth. Feel free to check this yourself with the terms "reenactment raleigh confederate july."
I'm going to file your "proud klansman at a public resturant" anecdote with your annual Raleigh Civil War re-enactment anecdote and your bumper sticker anecdote. I have never met such an individual. Sure, it could have happened, but I suspect, like the other fabricated stuff) no such thing occurred, and is merely a story you rationalized making up to "prove" your biases.
I'll just let your "you can't kick your racist retarded inbred cousin to the curb" comment stand on it's own. It says much more about you than it does the south.
In fact, your whole post can be boiled down to this-- a person with a prejudice against an entire region who came to that region, and only saw what he wanted to see, whether it existed or not.
Meanwhile, those of us living here are going to fight the good fight and ultimately win the battle-- even if winning that battle pleases a jerk like yourself.