To the editor:

Normally I do not reply or make comment to any view expressed in the “letters to the editor” editorial section. After all, opinions vary and being able to express differences is a basic right in our society. However, one recent letter was so inaccurate with disdain, as written, that it deserves a response.

I am referring to the letter of Feb 3 titled “The Gift.”

The writer obviously has a vendetta against Donald Trump to whom she refers as “The former President.” The writer accuses him of “blatant support” of Russia (Putin’s) interest. The letter goes on to say, the “former president” used his “treacherous power of revenge” to bully the speaker of the House into rejecting a bill in Congress to fund various foreign governments. The letter says he did it as a “gift” to Putin. The letter ends with “Who will run our government if the ‘former president’ is successful in his re-election effort?”

The last sentence puts this over the top and is non-rational and hateful: “The answer is clear, Putin.”

I wonder if the writer realizes how shallow and obviously one-sided this letter is.

It does not take a much to put facts first and above disdain and hatred for a particular candidate.

I end with this comment to ponder…

“When your hatred for one man is greater than your love for our country, and the values we hold dear, You might be part of the problem”…

Tom Gunderman

Cape Coral