I am amazed at the continuous, nearly unanimous spewing of vitriolic hatred that fills the editorial pages of The Salt Lake Tribune, and particularly the letters to the editor.
It’s one thing to recognize and express disagreement with various people and on various issues — political, religious and otherwise — and quite another to continually, preponderantly and publicly exhibit pure hatred. Whatever happened to toleration, moderation, disagreeing without being disagreeable, love for our fellow men, and simple civilized expression?
If I were consumed by so much hatred as so many of your contributors and editors express, I would be concerned for the state of my own mind and soul. Such animosity always hurts the one harboring and venting it more than those he or she hates.
And is it really the feeling of the paper’s publisher and editor that the paper’s mission is to be the major Utah vehicle for persistently printing such vehemence, crudeness and despicable expression?
Paul Sharp, Salt Lake City