Off the Handelman

Dear Editor:

Tim Handelman's stance as a moral arbiter would be easier to believe if he had forgone the first paragraph of his article, Roadkill, anyone? in the October 11 edition of Interrobang.

I find it interesting that he talks about the sanctity of life while, at the same time, stereotyping and damning women who obviously do not fit his idea of what a woman should look like or what a woman should be doing with her time.

Handelman describes women who go to the mall at Huron and Highbury as, “puffyeyed middle aged women wearing brown polyester pants and tight blue t-shirts with a picture of Dolly Parton accentuating so many rolls of fat that they sweat mayonnaise, hurrying home to watch another episode of Judge Judy.” This statement is so offensive on so many levels.

If Handelman had talked about a particular racial group this way, he would be considered a racist and the fallout would be severe. The Interrobang warns that they will not publish letters to the editor that are “inappropriate, obscene, racist, or libelous.” Too bad they don't hold their writers to the same standard.

Finally, I could comment on the picture of Handelman that accompanies this article, but I won't. I believe that someone's appearance does not determine her ... or his ... worth as a human being.

T. L. Ford

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