Ah, so many things to write about.
But, unlike John Bos, William Gran or Al Norman, I don’t get a “My Turn” and two letters to the editor a month. I get one once in a while. So I have to choose wisely.
John Bos and “We don’t want those (Walmart) jobs here”? Talk to workers in convenience stores. They have it so much better, John!
Al Norman and “I’ll tell you what you can do with your property, and I want final say on what Greenfield decides”? (You may have forgotten, he actually wrote that into a town bylaw)
Al, more of us are tired of you than you know. Go infest somewhere else, please.
William Gran and junk science? “We found the Earth wasn’t as warm as we thought, so we moved the baseline temp down so it would meet our projections.” What’s a baseline for? It’s not to be moved, that’s for sure.
No, this time it’s the two letters to the editor in the past six to eight weeks justifying gender identity. They were almost worded exactly the same, which leads me to believe it must have been prompted by some organization’s “.org” site.
Really, equating people with gender identity issues with earthworms … lizards … insects … chimpanzees? I wasn’t sure if these were supposed to be serious, were tongue-in-cheek or were just being downright insulting.
Perhaps you mean well, but if I were gender challenged, I sure would want a stronger defense than I’m the same as an earthworm. Or writing off bisexuality by equating it with monkeys? While chimpanzees have bigger brains than lizards, and have a brain as opposed to earthworms, they can also be brutal, vicious and mean, and, here’s a real zinger for you … commit rape. I don’t think I would want my issue justified by a chimpanzee.
If you were trying to “help my cause” with scenarios like these, I’d punch you in the nose and say, “Please … . Stop helping me!”
John Babits
Turners Falls