This is a response to David Starke’s April 17 letter, “Reject conservative agenda,” about conservatives/Tea Party and their “con” agenda being anti-American and un-Christian.” What I clearly see is the continued “con” coming from the left and people like Starke who use left-wing sound bites and vitriol to demonize anyone who has the audacity to disagree with their opinion. How un-American is it to have your own thoughts?
People like Starke seldom seem to back up their comments with specific data or evidence but instead just parrot something they hear on TV or read in the opinion section of the paper … not every opinion is a fact.
The people I see in the Tea Party are hard-working middle-class Americans, veterans and elderly retirees, so where is the “con”? I find that what you do or have done in your life defines you as a person, not what you feel you are entitled to or what someone else owes you.
Mark Meade
La Center
