Larry J. Coatney’s letter, “Don’t demonize the other side” (Aug. 11, Our Readers’ Views) was a perfect example of “conservative fragility” — the inability of conservatives to tolerate, let alone acknowledge or take responsibility for the real disastrous results of conservative policies.
Coatney complained about Sarah Martin’s letter of Aug. 4 (“Agenda is boldly offensive”). Coatney was in high dudgeon over the fact that Martin mentioned that Republican politicians are associated with “racism, sexism, xenophobia, white supremacy and state-sanctioned child abduction.” What Martin wrote was true.
If Coatney wishes not to be offended, perhaps he should work with conservatives to criticize instances of racism, sexism, xenophobia, white supremacy and state-sanctioned child abduction among Republican politicians, rather than complain about people pointing out the truth.
