TO THE EDITOR:

Bill Morgan’s recent column about the national shame of the impeachment has raised an alarm for me. I am not writing to contest his assertions, however. Rather I am concerned about the tone of his invective. 

Sadly, our country is deeply divided politically and culturally. I believe that the first step toward desperately needed reconciliation is for all of us to respond to the opinions of others with respect.

Mr. Morgan could have offered a reasoned persuasive argument for his views without stooping to labeling those with differing political opinions “lacking in sound mind and judgement” or hateful, “twisted” “dirty birds” or “knuckleheads.”

Marlys Nelson Kolbinger

Becker, MN