Off with the Cuffist’s head
I can no longer restrain myself. The current “Off the cuff” person must go. I have read each of Byars’ columns with the fervent hope something meaningful may come from her pen. What I find, however, is someone more narrow-minded than representatives of the extreme religious right.
First, her entire diatribe about Cufftopia was pointless. It could have been humorous had it been limited to a one day column. Among the inferences I drew from her comments was that she judges others on their political beliefs rather than on individual merit, and that any potential relationship she may have is predicated on believing what she believes. This was further reinforced in a subsequent column when a supposed conservative wanted to go to bed with her. To paraphrase a portion of her response, she wouldn’t go to bed with him because he is not liberal. Given a choice between bedding her and becoming some prison daddy’s boy, I’d have to make a decision.
The article of September 12 further illustrates the point. She refers to “Joey” as one whose “… politics which are wretched at best and antiquated at second best.” Mean-spirited? Heavy-handed?
The one remark that really prompted me to respond, though, is her remark about open-mindedness. She thinks we should all sit next to each other on public transportation, which might lead to more open-mindedness. Byars should take a dose from her own prescription.
I get the distinct impression that the only right opinion is her opinion – everyone else is wrong. She is wasting the ink and paper paid from student fees to fill space.
My expensive SUV isn’t a bloodsucker, and it gets better mileage than what I imagine she drives. Is it perhaps a dilapidated, smoke billowing 1970s model pickup? The Reveille and the LSU student population deserve more and would be better served if Byars packed up her truck and went to a tree-hugging California university.
Charles Gordon
Employee
Financial Administration