Some folks suspect that the very choicest bits don’t make it into "Letters to the Editor." And in some ways, they’re right. Sometimes letter-writers get so mad at us they lose all ability to communicate, and it would unfairly hold them up to ridicule to run what they submit.
I usually don’t see these things in raw form, but sometimes they are copied to me, or (erroneously, let me hasten to add; the correct address for letters is stateeditor@thestate.com) sent to me first.
A favorite from the last few days was one that took issue — to put it mildly — with Associate Editor Cindi Ross Scoppe.
"What planet does her reside?" the overwrought writer demanded to know.
I sometimes wonder the same thing myself.
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Heh. Considering her blatant bias and distorted columns I also wonder about that sometimes.
With which specific column was the letter writer taking issue?
My guess is her a resident of “TaxEveryoneOutTheWazzooLand”.
She’s the Big Sister to Big Brother.
Me believe you am mistaken. But at end of day, who care on Bizarro World?
The answer to her rhetorical quesion is always “Kryton.”
Overwrought Writer, kneel before grammar!
I think Cindy’s byline should be: All your income belong to us.
This may be where the letter writer comes from:
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Actually, Cindi’s motto is pretty much the same as mine: No tax increases or decreases until we do comprehensive tax reform. You could say we have a 50 percent success rate with the General Assembly — they never raise taxes (not since 1987), but they can’t let an election go by without cutting them.
There’s one exception to that — the cigarette tax. We would do that not so much for the revenue (sure it would bring in money, but only about as much as one year’s increase in Medicaid costs), but to reduce teen smoking.
And the column in question, I think (the message about it was pretty incoherent), was this one.
That’s pretty cool, though, about that particular video game variant of "Engrish." It seems to be linguistically similar to Bizarro-speak.
I’m just glad my letter gone into today’s State.
But as the editor of the viewpoints in the Gamecock, and current editor-in-chief for the summer of USC’s finest, I can only sympathise with you Brad on some of the worst attacks on the English language I have ever seen.
None of us are perfect, but good Lord above we are a lot better than some of these fools.
The more frightening aspect is realizing that people with this level of education VOTE
Today’s letter from a “concerned parent” on the topic of the imminent introduction of a lesbian Batwoman was a laugher. Silly woman thinks kids are still the market for comics.
Gotta love when the mainstream media picks up on a relatively minor “shock-marketing” event and brings the proactive, The View-loving parent out of the woodwork.
“Lesbian crimefighters?! I prefer to be killed by the straight villains!”
Ever seen Cindy’s clothes? The color choice and pattern definitely prove she’s from another planet. One that obviously doesn’t have access to “What Not To Wear.”