greybeta | My response to stupidity

I expected to get hate mail over my article about how we shouldn't allow the gay agenda to fool us, but even I was surprised by a rather particularly scathing one from the former opinion editor. He's a fine young gay man now interning for Mrs. Clinton up in Washington. In student senate he's actually had the gall to call me his "opponent across the aisle" before. Those, those are dueling words, sir. You can disagree with my opinions, but never ever say:

I hope that in your future articles you will work to enhance, rather than degrade, the credibility of our newspaper.

Jonathan,

You do go by Jonathan instead of Kody now, right? I am happy to see that you are
disappointed in my article. In fact, I have you to thank for it since this article would
have never seen the light of day under your watch as Opinion Editor. And that's why I'm
glad to see you perturbed...precisely because we have a difference of opinion, my
opponent across the aisle.

Although, I must say I am disappointed you grossly misunderstand politics, Mr. Looper.
Then again, most people do disappoint my high standards.

Do you actually believe that I believe everything I write? Is it really my job to write
my true opinions, or is it to get people to read the Collegian? Is it Hillary Rodham
Clinton's job to say what she thinks or say what will give her the best chance to be
President of the United States of America? Is it George W. Bush's job to represent the
interests of the American people or to represent the special interests that stuff the
Bush dynasty full of dollar bills?

Don't be so naive as to think that only your side understands what's going on.

I understand you're working for a certain wife of Bill Clinton now. As you know, I grew
up in Arkansas. Yet I cannot respect Hillary. Let me tell you why. If you ever go to
Little Rock and visit the Arkansas Capitol building, you can find a picture of a rather
young Slick Willy with his dashing red hair. But, Arkansan governors only get their
portraits painted when they lose an election. If you asked your current boss why her
husband lost that election, she'll give you a bunch of reasons. She may casually mention
that's when she changed her name.

You see, Mr. Looper, your boss was known as Hillary Rodham back then. But then her
husband lost. When he ran again two years later (Arkansas had two year gubernatorial
terms at the time), her name was suddenly Hillary Rodham Clinton. You might ask her why
she changed her name then. She might complain about the bigots in the Bible Belt.

Quite frankly, the problem with the Democratic Party today is people like you, Mr. Looper.
You don't understand the rules of the game: You don't make the rules, you just play the
game. And the game is to fool the American people into voting for you. The neocons
understand this, but the liberals are fragmented and have no clue on how to pursue this.

You don't have to believe me. I'm just a moderate after all, though a moderate who can
think on both sides of the political equation. I'd argue with you on the points of my
article, but I find debates on the Internet to be too contentious without any sort of
tone indicators. Whenever you come back to TU, we should have coffee at the smoothie bar
at Collins sometime. They even sell Fair Trade Coffee if you're into that type of
thing.

And if you truly care about preventing the degradation of the Collegian, then why don't
you write an article yourself? Unlike you, I'll actually print the opinions of my
opponents across the aisle.

-Daniel
Opinion Editor, The Collegian
Judicial Council, Student Association

"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?"
~Plato's Republic

(And yes, I know that he's eventually going to read this. I'd say it to his face so I can say it on my blog. That's the problem with trying to insult a straightforward person like me.)