To the Editor:
I’m not finding many things to laugh about these days, so I want to give a shout out to the author of the letter “Harassing public officials is wrong” in the July 9 issue.
His letter was hilarious. I laughed each time I read it … four times.
He wrote in reference to the commissioners vote on leaving the Fontana Regional Library System, and some responses he “saw” or “heard about,” many quotes with no noted documentation.
Putting that aside, it’s important to note that the library controversy is nonpartisan, as much as some want to make it partisan. Many, many people from different political viewpoints are against leaving the FRL. So, he should stop fanning the flame of division on every issue.
Among other “points” he tried to make was this: “Too often, the far-left individuals who, when they do not win at the ballot box or in the arena of ideas, resort to the types of behavior and worse.”
And then there was this gem:
“This type of behavior is bullying and thuggish and should be beneath any responsible adult. When did we go from hating an idea to hating the person who holds the idea?”
He’s joking, right?
First, well, I do not know why but, Jan. 6, 2021, comes to mind. Second, the childish name-calling and bullying at the administration level of the United States every single day also comes to mind. And it’s trickling down to us all. The author of that letter has repeatedly tried to intimidate and bully those us who do not agree with his views.
Again, thank you so much, letter writer, for providing such humor in these troubling times, much of which you helped create. Your letter positively dripped with irony and hypocrisy.
Allison Padgett
Sylva