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You know, for someone who always seems willing to look the other way on transgressions from some (ie the Trump cult/klan) - you sure do bandy words around like bad, abuse, reckless, etc. pretty casually in this editorial.

Is it abuse if she is following the rules of the system? Is it necessarily bad if she is following her heart and convictions? Reckless to care about an issue enough to question something?

Like you, I doubt I agree with the vast majority of her stances on this issue. And I have concerns regarding the way this policy was developed without open discussion or debate. As well as the unnecessary costs to a system with limited resources. And question the standing of someone who does not live in a community to be deciding which books are available to the children there.

All valid concerns. And I hope Spotsy will give them due consideration.

But is it really necessary to subjectively demonize this person whom you've likely never met just because it fills out your editorial as something righteous?

I know it's an opinion piece. But wouldn't an objective, analytical one carry more weight than one so based on subjectivity?

If you're going to say in other editorials that comity, equivocation, non-judgement, yada, yada, yada must be maintained no matter what core principles of this republic are being systemically destroyed by our neighbors all in the name of making themselves "great" again - whatever in the hell that means - (and you do) as long as they'll come to your basement to make a podcast every week, why is this unmet person any worse?

Has she been convicted of a multitude of felonies? Found to have committed sexual assault? Threatening to jail her enemies? Tortured children? Etc.

You've studiously given a pass to those who chosen to align with such values; what, pray tell, has this lady done that is worse?

Just wondering......

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