[Winona] recent round of postings

[Steve Schild Winona Online Democracy]

[Winona Online Democracy]

The responses to my recent posting support my main point, namely that 
name-calling gets us nowhere and shouldn�t be accepted from anyone on any side 
of an issue. I think it�s to Lori Baumgardt�s credit that she admits she �did 
not think at all about how those on the other side of the discussion would 
perceive the article,� and that �If someone posted an article ridiculing gays 
and lesbians in the manner as what I posted yesterday, I would be upset, too.�

Mr. Voegeli�s response, too, demonstrates how unpleasant it is to be 
labeled--even though I didn�t label him. I didn�t call him ignorant or 
illiterate, nor did I make anything remotely resembling a disparaging remark 
about his ears or any of the other personal features he brought into the 
discussion. I merely asked if the "logic" applied in the original posting 
should be applied in similar cases. Based on his response, I guess Mr. Voegeli 
doesn�t think so.

As far as Mr. Voegeli�s remark that expecting teachers to write correctly is 
holding them to �higher standards,� I guess it demonstrates that we have 
different definitions of �higher standards.�

Steve Schild

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