For a Trinitarian, Dale, you’re betraying some very one-track
thinking. No, I would not support
your hypothetical candidacy for the Moscow School Board. Diversity, you see, is not the only
thing I support. I also believe
in feminism, racial equality, democracy, universal suffrage, gay rights, and
The Great Society, and I try to balance all of these concerns when making a
political decision. To put the
case in perspective for you, I also wouldn’t support O. J. Simpson’s
appointment to the California Parole Board.
Now, would you like to explain exactly how your presence would
diversify the school board? Are
white Protestant heterosexual males currently underrepresented? (If you’re none of these things,
please correct me as I’ve clearly misread your posts.) Or do you mean diversity of opinion,
i.e., you would bring to the work of the Board your desire to dismantle the
public school system? If that’s
what you’re talking about, well, by your logic, I could diversify my feet
if I shot one of my toes off.
Yours truly,
Auntie Establishment
(Joan Opyr to my mother)