Just Another Hater

I was once an avid reader of newspapers. I like the feel of the paper and the wide variety of stories, from state and local news to sports and even Dear Abby. My very favorite part (besides the funnies, of course) has always been the editorial/opinions section. I've made it clear in a previous post that I enjoyed reading the "Letters to the Editor", but I also liked the columnists. I tried to read both conservative and liberal columnists so that I could at least try to understand both sides of the controversial issues of the day. One of my favorites was a fellow named Leonard Pitts, who wrote for the Miami Herald the last time I checked. Mr. Pitts is Black and a flaming liberal and I rarely agreed with anything he said, but he wrote with such beauty, power and passion that he was a joy to read anyway. Over the last few years, however, Mr. Pitts slowly succumbed to hatred. Like so many in his profession he drank the Kool-Aid, drank it to the last drop and gradually became just another hater. No more intelligence, no more reason - just column after dreary column repeating the same old crap that every other wild eyed liberal hater was spewing. His growing hatred affected his style as well as his substance and I finally quit reading his column because it just wasn't worth it. I'm sure I wasn't the only one. I learned a long time ago that you can't reason with a hater. You'll never change their mind and you'll wind up angry, tired and sad. Hate isn't rational and in the end it generally harms the hater far more than the hated.

I hope now that we have a new president Mr. Pitts will be able to recover some of his former abilities. Like so many others I get my news from the internet now. Newspapers are dying, many deservedly so. Someday I may Google Mr. Pitts and check out his writings to see if he is able to recapture his style, but not anytime soon. There is too much hate in the world already. I don't need any more from him.