Courtesy should be extended to those with opposing perspectives in letters to editor

Editor:

When I write a letter to the editor, I do not target previous writers who hold differing opinions than myself. I find this type of writing both unscrupulous and crude.

This is the second time I have written a letter to the editor and been bashed for my perspectives. For those of you who take offense to my most recent letter, perhaps, it would be beneficial to reread by POV and see where the facts lie.

In my opening paragraph I provide a timeline of Harris’s unremarkable record. I included her failures at the border and then cited her initial stand on defunding the police and how that changed when she became VP.

I’ll be honest, I don’t say anything about Trump because others writers go overboard in listing everything wrong with him.

Instead, as a former English teacher, I want people to think and relate to my statements. In this way instead of causing an overindulgence in what I think and trying to win control over others, my writing intends to give them time to ponder and decide for themselves what’s best for them.

When you start name bashing other writers, you enter a cruel arena of tactlessness.

That is not a place for me.

I read many letters to the editor on this forum and appreciate and respect their perspectives.

Please afford me the same courtesy.

Mary Mager

Fairport, formerly of Albion