Editor,
Since I graduated from UNM a year and a half ago, I find myself reading the Daily Lobo more than ever. I also have seen the reoccurrence of a problem that plagued the Lobo a few years back. Certain members of the University community want to turn the Daily Lobo into a feel-good, not-hurt-anyone's-feelings newspaper.
I agree the Lobo should not be used as a tool to defame people, but, so far, I have yet to see anything rising to that level. What I have seen is people who have taken the time to express their ideas through words.
Unfortunately a group of people at UNM feel the need to try to suppress those words. This year these people disagree with Mr. Reynalds and in years past, it has been professor Berthold.
Instead of reaching for their paper and pen to write a letter explaining why Mr. Reynald's is wrong and why they are right, people insist his columns do not represent UNM and therefore should not be found in the Lobo. These people believe that someone should be accountable for Mr. Reynald's words. The Lobo needs to question why they allow such articles to be printed.
Accountability for what? Is Mr. Reynalds being too individualistic for your tastes? Do his ideas make you insecure in your own beliefs?
The university experience is about having your beliefs challenged on a daily basis. The university is one of the last, true places where one is totally free to express their ideas. Lets keep it that way. Instead of calling for the Lobo to censor letters that you may disagree with, why don't you take out a pen and paper and tell the university community why Mr. Reynald's ideas are wrong and why yours are right. Sometimes the people who praise diversity the most are actually diversity's fiercest enemy.
John Newkirk
UNM alumnus
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