By Anna April-Ross Santa Monica
So, Mr. Ron Lowe is offended again (“Protesters should mind their words”). In his letter on Friday, March 30, he expressed his righteous indignation over the fact that protesters on the promenade were voicing their opinion of Al Gore and the global warming controversy. In the few years that I’ve lived in Santa Monica and the many times I’ve walked the promenade, I’ve been exposed to far more vitriol on the part of the left, with constant vile hatred of President Bush and, well... anything Republican. I’ve seen bumper stickers and signs blaming him for everything up to, and including, the weather.
I’ve never felt a need to voice my opinion till now. Mr. Lowe struck a nerve. Need I remind him that freedom of speech works both ways? He describes these protesters as “zealots.” Does he think this way of anyone who doesn’t share his ideology?
Doesn’t sound very tolerant to me.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 4, 2007. Read the original PDF.