Unnamed is uncool
Editor, The Sun:
Bill, it is unfortunate that you were dragged into this letter of opinion entitled “Disappointed with tone of last week’s letter” by the questionable virtue of not naming the writer. We citizens of the USA are all aware of our 1st Amendment rights, except for obviously the unknown penman, which exist primarily for disagreeable subjects (e.g., Democrats) and the right to say or publish them. Advocating for censorship is an entirely anti-American position and further reduced in merit by being anonymous. The most cogent point of the entire scribe is your ‘Editor’s Note’ where you have to offer an explanation for this intrepid bard.
The March 5th letter reflects what many U.S. Citizens understand to be true whether it’s ‘tongue in cheek’ or not and certainly deserves publication especially since the letter was attested to by the writer.
It seems as though this March 5th letter has been scrubbed from the Wakulla Sun E-Editions. I am assuming this is due to possible threats from this same group who, as history has shown, resort to violence at the slightest provocation. I for one, would like to encourage you to maintain your policy of not publishing anonymous letters. They really have no value or merit.
Tim Caldwell
Name NOT withheld by request
Panacea
Editor’s Note: The letter was not “scrubbed.” After receiving Tim Caldwell’s letter, I went on our website and started looking for the March 5th letter that had drawn concern and couldn’t find it – and our March 5th e-edition hadn’t yet been posted.
Our production manager/Information Technology guy, Eric Stanton, told me that formerly our Letters to the Editor weren’t being archived. He has since remedied the problem.
In fact, Eric added a link that takes you to the original Letter – something he has been doing to cross-reference many ongoing news stories.