[Vision2020] Hanson's condescending and smug dismissal......

[Melynda Huskey]

Dear Tony,

It might be a little easier to engage with what you're writing if we had 
some idea what exactly it is you're all worked up about.  You're posting 
here, but you seem to be in the middle of a conversation with someone 
else, and it's a little confusing.

We've been talking about the possibility of a SuperWalmart in town, 
saving the cedar grove on Moscow Mountain, poetry, smart growth, port 
security, terrorism, and mine safety (among other things).   If you 
wanted to start a conversation about how some apparently tolerant people 
really aren't tolerant, something beyond a few untethered and somewhat 
insulting assertions might encourage other people to respond.  As it is, 
you seem to be randomly flinging accusations.  Seriously, have any of us 
subscribers recently issued a command to respect diversity?  (Answer:  
No.)   Has anyone refused to share V2020 with you?  (Answer:  No.)  Is 
it intolerant to object to a stranger's rudeness on a listserv?  
(Answer: No.)  So what exactly is  the problem?

Please, DARE to disagree with the prevailing wisdom--just find the 
prevailing wisdom first, and tell us what it is.  Maybe you like the 
idea of the UAE managing east coast ports?  You hate poetry?  You'd like 
the cedar grove cut down?  You love/hate/don't care at all about 
Walmart?  Maybe you think Chuck Norris is a big girl's blouse (be 
careful with this one)?

I've been dreading the consequences of the Trib piece for this very 
reason--because Dave Johnson chose to focus on the contentious aspects 
of V2020, we're bound to get new subscribers who are confused about what 
actually happens here.  Dagnab it.

Melynda Huskey