Thank you very much for printing the letters from the Trump supporters among us.

I welcomed reading their views and opinions.

I have always been a mainstream, moderate Republican. I have remained a Republican, especially in the last two elections, as I wanted my vote against Trump to show that not all of us vote only along party lines. The far- right wing of the GOP is often unrecognizable to me.

Moderation is too often fetishized in politics, but it can serve a purpose.

Why must every opposing opinion be considered hateful? Where did this overblown righteousness come from?

When we become so divided and cannot even listen without extreme reactions, we have devolved into such a poor version of ourselves. Both Republicans and Democrats should be nothing less than appalled.

Margaret McVey Thomas Pasadena