Letters to the Editor
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Published Letters: 219 Editor's Choice: 4
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Wait. What?
[Read the article: Clinton has "Girlfriend posse" to thank?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]On the one hand, we'll never know why Sen. Clinton won in NH, but on the other, the sympathy-votes-for-alleged-tears theory is obviously wrong? Why? Because it offends your feminist sensibilities?
If women as a rule are interested in policy, then what do you make of the "How are you doing?" question that started the whole thing? Why do you take Warner to task for savaging such an embarrassing question? Seriously. If you had the chance to ask a potential leader of the free world just one question, would *you* pick, "Are you okay?"
Let me ask you this: Let's imagine that Sen. Clinton fails to win the nomination and/or presidency. Will it still be your contention that people's votes are mostly dictated by reason and a firm grasp of the issues?
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Take it to college football message boards
[Read the article: Help! I'm an Internet troll!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Then you'll see the monkeyshit fly. Question: if this behavior were directed at liberal websites by, say, a conservative MD,PhD, JD, DDS, would Cary have given a bit more of a "tsk-tsk" answer? I don't know what websites he's talking about, but conservative doesn't *automatically* = reprehensible.
Then again, there's nothing wrong with a little internet bomb-throwing now and again. Fuck you, Cary! Fuck you, LW! God fuck us, everyone.
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"victimhood"?
[Read the article: Oops, she did it again]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I'm not sure Walsh read the same column I did. All Flanagan was saying, it seems to me, is that teenage pregnancy brings with it difficult choices and consequences, felt particularly by (duh) the mother. Is that wrong? If it is, then why the commitment on the Left to abortion and birth control, sparing her from the whole ordeal? (I'm pro-choice, btw)
Walsh clearly has a problem with Flanagan, which would obviously cloud her judgement about anything she ever writes. Best to leave this topic to someone else, I think.
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Tempest in a teapot.
[Read the article: Obama captain: "I may have to resign" over flier]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Oh, wait. We're talking about American politics. Have at 'em!
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"Partner"?
[Read the article: My partner is being stalked by a trolling MILF]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Ugh. The other half of a relationship is a rival. But of course you know that. Hence the letter.
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I can't believe this even needs saying, but...
[Read the article: No bears for oil]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]people are more important than animals. The dinosaurs died out, and we're carrying on just fine. Somehow we'll muddle through after the last polar bear goes.
Get a grip, people.
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Mr. Bagley...
[Read the article: No bears for oil]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Could you, or anyone else, sketch out for me the worst-case scenario resulting from polar bear extinction? I'm convinced that if all the honeybees went, there would be trouble, but with polar bears, I'm not so sure. Polar bears eat Arctic ring seal, which eat Arctic and Saffron cod.
Once the bears go, we're left with a lot more seals and cod. Why is that a disaster? I'm not absolutely wedded to my position, but the whole "how many bolts can you remove from an airplane before it ceases to fly?" argument strikes me as extremely speculative and alarmist.
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Correction: LESS cod
[Read the article: No bears for oil]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]But how much less? And remember: If all the polar bears go, humans could conceivably pick up the slack in the seal-overpopulation department.
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I feel for the LW
[Read the article: I'm a doubting teenager]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]During my college years my friends at school thought I was a Nazi, and at home my parents thought I was a communist.
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My vote is for...
[Read the article: I'm a brilliant scientist and I fear for the world's fate]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]troubled, opinionated know-it-all. Haven't noticed you at any of the meetings -- what's up with that?
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Kaleun, your argument is tired and silly.
[Read the article: Blame Muslims for honor killings?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Yes, Leviticus and other books have weird and objectionable rules. That's not the point. The point is: when was the last time you heard of a public stoning in the United States?
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Gee, it only took a decade...
[Read the article: Our first black president?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]to realize what complete horseshit that phrase is when applied to a white guy, in any context! Bravo.
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Iran *suspended* its
[Read the article: The dismal state of George W. Bush]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]nuclear program. Not "abandon." I'm not convinced that Iran is the danger some say it is, but all they did was *turn off* the machines they used to make the uranium. They didn't tear them down and sell them as scrap metal.
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Abort! Abort!
[Read the article: I get grossed out when I hear, "I'm a mom!"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]There's *no way* you should be having babies. Some people aren't cut out for parenting (I'm one of them), and that's fine. But if you're getting worked up about subordinating your life to your children *when they have yet to arrive*, then I don't see how being married with kids will possibly end well.
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"Having a period is a powerful form...
[Read the article: The end of menstruation]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]of female solidarity"? I *totally* get that. It's the same way for us guys with our athlete's foot and male pattern baldness.
You go, girl!
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This is an easy one
[Read the article: What do young men mean when they say, "Let's hang out"?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Straight men *rarely* try to drum up friendships with women one-on-one. "Let's hang out" is a covert "Would you go out with me?" If things don't work out, his fragile ego is spared because it wasn't really a date. You were just hanging out.
This is one of only two shots men have in their relationship bag. The other is: treat 'em like dirt and they stick like mud. I can't believe all the ink that's spilled trying to figure guys out. We're basically a bunch of talking, hairless apes.
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WTF, Cary?
[Read the article: Help! I'm a prisoner in a big suburban house!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Have you run out of LW's with real problems? "My house is too big! I make too much money!" Fuck off.
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You need to let...
[Read the article: A friend is doing chemo. What should I say?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]the sick deal with their illnesses on their own terms, not yours. It isn't about you. My mom and I had to learn this when my dad contracted bladder and -- later -- brain cancer. Express concern, by all means. But don't push.
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Sounds like the LW
[Read the article: My boyfriend's a secret crackhead!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]needs to starting hitting the pipe. It's important for couples to have common interests.
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Question
[Read the article: McCain: Reformer or phony?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Is what McCain did illegal, or just unseemly? I have no idea what the rules are where lobbyists are concerned. Thanks!
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Drama queen!
[Read the article: I'm acting like a monster so my friends are deserting me]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]You said yourself you tend toward theatrical confrontation. That's what you need to work on. All the world's *not* a stage. Also: just because you have a thought doesn't mean you have to express it. Quit unloading on your friends. Good luck with the therapy.
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When did The Onion buy Salon?
[Read the article: Ralph Nader loves John McCain]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Tell me this is a joke.
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Transmales? Huh?
[Read the article: Girls will be boys ... at women's colleges?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]We're essentially talking about transvestites, yes? Or is a transmale a pre-op transexual? Could somebody help me out? Thanks.
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You can't really separate 1 and 2
[Read the article: The difference between Jeremiah Wright and radical, white evangelical ministers]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]For example, David Duke's political views have been roundly criticized. But if he were an advisor to a presidential candidate, the story would be much more important. Also, deplorable as Robertson's remarks were, they were nonetheless couched in the terms of religion -- divine retribution, etc. Wright's recorded statements were merely political. Criticizing one's politics in this country is a lot easier than criticizing one's religion.