Someone calling himself David Hall has written us a classic email, the pure ritual incantation of liberal dogma. Somehow, it is one of the elect epistles surviving our current email difficulties. The absence of any specifics or logic highlights the cult—like recitation of beliefs. Conservatism cannot by its nature be an honorable or intellectually defensible position. There's no need to consider facts or logic. Belief is what counts, and Mr Hall has witnessed for his faith:

Subject: Hateful rhetoric

editor,
 
you do not write informed or informative articles. you only publish hateful rhetoric, a common trait of all right wing press. If you were intelligent and honest you would not think as you think, you would not do what you do (that is promote perversion) you simply would not be able to maintain your position.

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