Editorial Is Personal Attack, Tells Only a Kernel of Truth

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A recent Deseret Morning News editorial ("Rocky versus Rockwell," Aug. 7, 2004), laments that there is too much divisiveness in Salt Lake City. And, of course, the editorial writer blames me. (As if the Deseret Morning News is not the greatest instrument of divisiveness in this community, constantly driving a wedge between members of the LDS Church and those who are not members.)

Do I raise issues that some people wish would just go away? Of course. Do I advocate for rights and interests that many oppose? No doubt. Do I go along just to get along? Never have. But do I shoot straight -- always trying to understand and correctly represent the views of all, even those with whom I vigorously disagree? I think most would agree I do. I certainly try to, because I believe honesty and candor are crucial for constructive dialogue.

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Editorial Is Personal Attack, Tells Only a Kernel of Truth

It's too bad the same can't be said for the Deseret Morning News editorial writer who penned the incredibly misleading aforementioned editorial. That editorial betrays the lengths to which some will go to misleadingly tell only a kernel of the t...

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