Letters To The Editor

In most of my favorite books, the author or authoress has a character writing a letter to the editor ( I am talking about Agatha Christie or Antony Trollope or the the likes ) and I always thought it wonderful, the idea that one could write a letter to the newspaper and see it printed.
In the books it solved mysteries or exonerated innocent folks, whereas in real life you and your closest friend are the only likely people to read your input.
No matter.
I decided to join the forces of the The People Who Write To The newspapers.
I came across a "blog" entry in my Danish newspaper dealing with the Emmy speech by Sally Fields, written by a Dane living in Santa Fe who proudly pronounced in his bio that he owns a car that eats a lot of gas.
Already there I should have taken a deep breath and gone on to something else, but no, I kept reading. As his sources he listed the "leading media critic in the states" and the" leading TV critic in the states" ( both writing for the Washington Post ) and then, the capper, he referred to a wonderfully well written piece by Michelle Malkin telling Ms. Fields where to get off.
He thankfully gave a link and I read the "wonderfully well written piece".
YIKES
Michelle is mad, and what is worse, she is challenged.
She built a scenario of Sally Fields as an unfit mother, and certainly not speaking for this mother( Ms. malkin.)
Fine, says I, Fine.
And that was when I decided to write to the newspaper.
I want my voice to be heard, I want to be able to say to somebody like Ms. Malkin
I hear you, I do not agree, but I hear you.
The sad part about this whole deal is that people like Ms. Malkin are so sure, so absolutely sure, so sure as Mrs. Lynne Cheney who once said on a television show :
And from the right, and right on all issues.........
that they cannot fathom that others might have a point.
This is my point
This is my letter to the newspapers that I and a few of my friends will read
no matter
It did me a lot of good.