Letter To The Editor – Sept. 30, 2010

Political Discussions Reveal Fears, Prejudices

Dear Sir:

  Political discussions never result in a mind change and can result in hard feelings.

  However, I will mention something I thought about last night as I was driving back from Memphis.  In the past few years, I have heard remarks from friends and neighbors that show a number of dislikes–even hatreds.  Here are some of the groups, individuals, and issues discussed.  

    Some or all the people mentioned dislike all or many of these groups: Blacks, CNN, Anderson Cooper, Katie Couric, Cher, Oprah, Obama, Dan Rather, David Letterman, Al Gore, Bill and Hilliary Clinton, Edward Kennedy, Italy, France, welfare recipients, environmentalists (tree huggers), Catholics, Jews, toll roads, tenured professors, labor unions, government workers, congress, sanitation workers, “liberal” ministers, liberals in general, democrats, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Elanor Roosevelt, Nancy Pelosi, the presidential plane, Cubans, Mexicans, community organizers, lawyers, census takers, cats, men who wear earrings, male nurses, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Opie, Barney Fife, Memphis….the list goes on.

  Underlying many of these prejudices and fears, I have mentioned, is that many people in our society are scared senseless that something will be given to the poor.

  Incidentally, I like just about all the causes and people I’ve mentioned.

Mickey Hall