Facts are facts. Opinions are opinions. Sharing an opinion and doing so in a section of the newspaper called “Viewpoints” isn’t being dishonest. There may be some who like the title of the letter; there may be some who don’t. There may be some who feel more could have been said; there may be others who don’t. That is the whole point of sharing an opinion letter. Special thanks to the Cape Gazette for allowing residents to do so in every edition.
We live in a country where we hold our elected officials accountable for what they say and what they don’t say. We can exercise that freedom of accountability at the ballot box and also do so through communicating our praise or disapproval. Insisting those opinions are uncivil shows a self-conscious vulnerability in Sen. Russ Huxtable’s supporters and a disingenuous defensive messaging tactic in his campaign.
Greg Kordal, in his Jan. 23 letter to the editor, did readers a favor by laying bare the progressive need to smear and cancel opposing opinions just as Hilary Clinton did by labeling those who opposed her platform as deplorables. Nursing grudges over year-old letters and name calling may play well with elites in the eastern Sussex County Democratic Party, but most locals can see the bullying for what it is: weakness.
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