Moderates should talk to each other
To the Editor:
There have been several interesting letters to the editor in The Sylva Herald and the Smoky Mountain News over the past few weeks. I agreed with some of their lines of thoughts and ideas; with others I did not agree. But they were all trying to express their ideas, and I will give them that.
My thoughts during this period have crossed many lines, but my key focus has been our democracy. Such a wonderful institution created by our forefathers. I wonder how they would feel if they could see all the different translations of their work in America now. Some literal and some with a hard twist either too far to the right or too far to the left.
I will say it again, I think this is a great country where moderates on the left need to sit down with moderates on the right and talk. Not only talk but listen. Only then can we get proper legislation passed to address the many problems that occur in an economy this large and a country this diverse.
Talk, listen, and move forward!
Tom Baker
Sylva
