I’d like to point out something missing from the Daily
Bruin’s coverage of Conservative Coming Out Day
(“Conservatives come out,” News, Oct. 26).
At the end of the article, one speaker is quoted as saying,
“All we ask for is respect.” What the article neglects
to mention, however, is that within the same breath that speaker
also referred to a heckler with an expletive.
Speakers also levied unfounded accusations against Democratic
presidential candidate John Kerry, calling him a “traitor and
a communist.” Liberals were labeled as busy-bodies who think
they can solve everyone’s problems.
This lack of civility does nothing to mend the rifts of a
divided nation that needs to maintain a united front.
Respect is earned when respect is given. Perhaps the next time
the Bruin Republicans ask for respect, they will be kind enough to
give it in return.
Morgan Miller Internal vice president, Bruin
Democrats