I do not expect most letters to the editor, for any newspaper, will be thought-provoking, original, or insightful. But this one by is bizarrely stupid.
The Obamas would have you believe they originated from the oppressed underclass. This is untrue. Both benefitted from Harvard educations and have reaped the benefits of power and politics.
Why should I work so hard to increase my earning capacity just to have it taken away and given to someone with less ambition?
I promise you this: When the taxation Obama has planned for me makes it no longer profitable enough to work, then I will sit at home like the swill he is so fond of courting and I will stop paying so much in taxes. At least then Obama won’t use my money to spread around.
And then there’s one, on the same page:
If a conservative doesn’t like guns, he doesn’t buy one; a liberal wants to ban them from everyone.
It goes on in that vain for a few more setences.
I don’t necessarily blame people for being hyperbolic, stupid, and crazy. That’s their right; and people like them will be around until time immemorial. But I do blame the El Paso Times for publishing their articles. The letters to the editor page should either make the reader feel more informed or be enjoyable to read. These letters do neither. Nor are they even on topic; they refer to no article nor current event.
I wish the page editor took a little bit more pride in his newspaper and his section. I am sure the number of quality letters and writers are few; but I’d rather see a modicum of quality, rather than quantity.
