It shouldn’t really surprise me that letters to the editor in (in particular red state, small town) newspapers are filled with the stupid, since really they’re just a manual version of modern comment-on-story features at newspaper web sites — and the only thing dumber than those chuckleheads are YouTube commenters.
Still, when you run across something like this, it does sort of make you think we’re all fucking doomed.
Chet,
Stop making fun of my my distant in-laws.
Smooches.
I was going to suggest that the guy who wrote the letter should spend more time ‘bating. But, then I realized that the 4000 year old book says something about it leading to blindness. Then, I realized that if he was blind, he might not be able to write letters/emails. Then, I realized what a monumental waste of time this comment really was…