To the editor:
I believe unreservedly in our right to freedom of speech.
Let Mr. Trump say he could shoot someone in the middle of Fifth Ave. and lose no support. Let Mr. Trump disclose his fantasies of sexual relations with his daughter. Let Mr. Trump make accusations about Mrs.Clinton that by twists of outlandish ingenuity make her guilty of her husband’s tawdry misdeeds of 20 years ago.
Granting him all his constitutioanl rights, do apparently responsible, professional journalists really have to grant Mr. Trump’s own tawdiness more than a passing mention? Has no one any standards of decency left that his ugly antics become the subject of panel discussions during a presidential race with the whole world watching and wondering what has happened to the once refreshingly moral United States and what kind of future the world can expect from a nation sunk in decadence?
And, incidentally, is no one noticing and admiring the beautifully cool, dignified demeanor of Hillary Clinton, who denies Mr. Trump the favor of a response; who does not now stoop and never has stooped to the gutter? We all better see to it that we and our country stay out of that gutter.
Heidi Dawidoff
Francestown