Letter: Stanford professor should have used a different word

Karlan should have used
earl or duke as an example

I have come to believe that we as a nation have lost the ability to forgive. That was evident to me in the letter to the editor titled “Stanford professor’s remarks very powerful up until …” (Dec. 10). The letter-writer thought that Karlan gave powerful testimony until she brought up the word “baron.” He took this as an attack on Barron Trump and said that it “invalidated her entire testimony.”

He threw out the baby with the bathwater. To me, her words weren’t an attack on Barron. She could’ve used earl or duke, but chose poorly in her example.

If one wants to see a real attack, reread some of the president’s tweets about those he perceives as “his enemies.” These attacks are on the character of human beings, not on their happenstance names. There’s a big difference.

But since this president is not one to practice forgiveness or acceptance, we must (re)discover it elsewhere. Lest we further plunge into disrepair.

Lisa Rigge
Pleasanton

 

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