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The pits of columns

Thu., Dec. 3, 2020

Leonard Pitts’ opinion piece in today’s Spokesman-Review (Nov. 30), giving his reasons for supporting the criminal prosecution of Donald Trump rather than his possible pardon, states, among other rants, that for those people opposing his view “anger is the means, the end and the message.” Has he looked in the mirror lately? In this same vein, I recall Pitts’ recent column expressing the view that “if you are white, you are racist.” I think that Mr. Pitts’ opinions have ceased to be part of a constructive dialogue and have descended to the level of polemic.

Cal Cathcart

Newman Lake

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