Civil discourse not expected
Dear Editor, Wow! Ask a conservative to explain their beliefs, prepare yourself to be called names and have your character assassinated if they cannot give a logical answer. Take the Treaty of Tripoli for instance. The fact is, the word ‘asserting’ (as was stated by the writer of the letter “Freedom” in the Nov. 6 issue of The Standard) is not found in the text. A group of people calling themselves ‘wallbuilders’, founded by David Barton, an evangelical Christian political activist and founder of the organization ‘that promotes unorthodox theories about the religious basis of the United States’ argues –…