April 4, 2018
Rep. Dana
Rohrabacher,
101 Main
Street #380
Huntington
Beach, CA 92648
Dear
Congressman,
Re: Idle chatter
I read (on The Hill) that you were on Fox News
yesterday speculating idly about that shooting at the You Tube campus.
Presumably for no better reason than that there was a crime involved, you took
the opportunity to lay blame on “sanctuary cities” and speculate that the
shooter “could be” an illegal immigrant.
Could be, I suppose. Could be a Russian oligarch.
Could be from the planet Mars. Such idle speculation as yours is intended to
ingratiate you, I’m sure, with various rabid constituencies—among them the gun
enthusiasts and anti-immigration fanatics. In speaking casually in this way,
however, you ignore the harm your thoughtless words inflict on many of your own
constituents by inspiring further hostility and hatred. You achieve nothing
other than to add to the toxicity of dialogue in today’s political world.
I, for one, expect greater circumspection and
respect for people of all kinds from my representative in Congress.
Respectfully,
Peter Clothier, Ph.D.
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