I have the honor of quoting a great paragraph:
"After reading the umpteenth stupid letter in our local paper declaring climate change a hoax, I sent a link to the young editor from the LA Times that declared they would no longer print letters from climate change deniers. I reminded her that the newspaper is not required to print every crackpot letter in the name of free speech. Much to my surprise, she responded positively. That was two months ago and the regular, weekly rants denying climate change have miraculously not appeared."
See? One person CAN make a difference!
See? If they think you don't care, they won't either!
See? Constant vigilance works!
See? It CAN be done!
See? Change for the good CAN happen!
See? You CAN be heard, AND heeded!!!!!!!
All it took was one of the good guys raising her voice, being vigilant, and correcting the record. That editor should recognize that her work, and that of her paper, is being noted and will be acted upon if it's wrong. The LA Times actually has a conscience! Too bad it has to come from one of its readers rather than internal. But it takes US CITIZENS being vigilant to hold Power's feet to the fire.
GREAT lesson for us all, mountain grammy! One request - could you rerun that link here? It's good ammo for the rest of us to send to all our local papers and point to the LA Times and say - SEE? ONE of your sister papers is actually doing it correctly! I still hate saying "do the right thing" because the very word "right" has been so hijacked and perverted and misconstrued that it is now meaningless. I hope to see the day when we can freely use the word "right" again and have it mean what it really means and not yet another tip-of-the-hat to the radical WRONG. The word "right" seriously needs to be reclaimed and rehabilitated, too.
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