Hate and hypocrisy
November 29, 2016
Sandra Duerr
OPINION by KEITH GURNEE
San Luis Obispo Tribune Editor Sandra Duerr’s admonition against hate speech was both timely and appropriate, but it was also hypocritical.
Duerr’s article focused upon two forms of hate– racism and religious bigotry– and used examples of letters received by the paper that expressed those forms of hate. Those snippets were deeply disturbing and her calls for more tolerance and understanding in our society were spot on.
Yet, there are other forms of hatred such as political hatred and personal hatred that the Tribune seems to tolerate. That happens every other weekend when the Tribune publishes the column written by Tom Fulks.
Fulks is the merchant of hate and his biweekly fulminations such as the piece he wrote on November 20, 2016 are veritably dripping with hate.
Hate in any form begets hate. You can’t spread it in one form and decry it in another. If Duerr believes in what she says, “Don’t let hate and fear win,” she should start with her own paper.
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