Reply #4: well, I do have to agree with some of her response to the letter

[sui generis]

Yes, it was a moving letter, but in its own way it generalized and wrote off many people in "red" states by painting the world in shades of black and white, and its tone was patronizing.

It's both things: it was a letter worth writing and worth reading on its own merit, but I'm not sure it was as effective as the author would have liked.

For the record I do disagree with Miss Vampire or whatever her name is -- she is by far the worse.

The single biggest problem (and you Freepers take note) with having any kind of a dialogue with Freepers and their ilk is that they cannot ever be anything but snide and condescending, not matter how many opportunities for constructive dialogue exist.

Then again, if they were able to be reasonable and constructive it's unlikely that they would be Freepers, but I like to think that Miss Vampire maybe actually has half a brain and could have responded with more maturity.

And BTW I don't think that every response on that website came from DU either.