Writing style

Inoticed a recurring theme among conservative writers such as Mr. Gardner and Dr. Manning complaining about the letters written.

Mr. Gardner writes that Mr. Jung, Mr. Brax and I “…bash those who do not agree with them, and they rarely touch the most important issues that affect us all… I think that we all need to be able to disagree without name calling and character assassination.”

Dr Manning writes: “The decline in the quality and decency of the local letters section of the AV Press is completely evident and unfortunate. It similarly has been noted by others.”

This is a first in 30 years of writing with conservative writers complaining about the quality of the letters written. I remember when many of my letters were not printed at all back then.

Both Gardner and Manning were silent when Garcia wrote in a 4 Aug 2020 editorial: “What we don’t enjoy, however, is when we get letters that cross the line. Such was the case last week. One person wrote in to lodge a complaint, but in doing so, he also felt the need to cuss us out and call us names. When we responded to him and said we didn’t appreciate the contents of the letter to the editor, he got nastier and began to use racial slurs… No one should ever be subjected to that sort of abuse.”

I believe a conservative writes letters like that. In order for Mr. Jung, Brax, and me to write letters, we must adhere to the conservatives’ style of writing. Isn’t it amazing that conservatives never blame their own party?

Now I see why Gardner does not respond to my letters. He does not read them. I might incorporate Mr./ Ms. Brax’s writing style by ignoring letters written by conservatives.

Vincent White

Lancaster