I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas!
The Kwanzaa article generated lots of e-mail. It appeared this Sunday in the Washington Times and in a condensed version (the last letter to the editor on the page) in the Denver Post. I’m a member of Project 21, a conservative leadership organization, and they submitted the piece to several publications, including the Baltimore Times.
The positive responses have been overwhelmingly so, mainly from Christians thanking me for exposing the false doctrine. Other responses have ranged from thoughtful disagreement and discussion to nasty comments. The nasty ones are predictable. I’m called a coon, Sambo, Bush Administration bootlicker, etc. Here’s a link to my first published op-ed back in August 2002, in the Philadelphia Inquirer, where I address the name-calling. Not one of the nasty commenters challenged my arguments.
Because e-mail is impersonal and anonymous, people tend to forget their manners. But I’ve found that when you respond calmly and intelligently, those who really want a reasoned discussion write back with a softer tone. They’re almost apologetic but not quite. That’s OK.
