Editor,
In his typical “circle the wagon” style of commentary, Mark Simon misses the point that using pejorative name-calling is never the way to solve complicated public policy issues (Column, “Crisis nearly of its own making” in the March 4 edition of the Daily Journal).
We have learned over the last four years that name-calling is divisive and unproductive. Party leadership, elected officials and their staff that represent broad and diverse groups would do better to focus on policy specifics and use their words thoughtfully to build coalitions rather than alienate the communities that elected them.
Alisa Ruiz Johnson
Burlingame
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Ms. Johnson, as long as there’s no cure for Trump Derangement Syndrome (encouraged by many in the Democrat party), coalitions will never be built and party leadership will remain divided and unproductive. But is this really a bad thing? With current party leaders, the less they do, the less America suffers.
Tempest, meet teapot.
Pot, meet kettle.
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