When I read the “No politics allowed” article in the Perspective of the Sept. 12 issue of the Sun Journal, I found a lot of things that I agree with.

The author says that “if we can’t talk about our differences, how will we preserve our democratic way of life?” I strongly agree with that one. Like she said, people seem not to bring political reasoning into everyday conversations. They don’t allow themselves to discuss important issues.

As we see the candidates of this year’s presidential election duke it out over important issues, they seem to not talk about several issues that we middle-class Americans seem to think are important, issues such as abortion rights, gay rights and even stem-cell research. How are we supposed to make an educated decision about who to vote for if we don’t have all the facts about where they stand on important issues? We can’t.

On TV shows, such as Sunday’s “Meet the Press,” they even talk about the candidates fearing that they will alienate the undecided voter and the more moderate members of the two parties. This means that we are not talking about the issues we should be talking about.

“Exercising your democracy through reasoned debate is like exercising your body. Doing it regularly is good for your health.” That is what the article said, and I can’t agree with it more. It seems that everything the author said clicked in my mind as being correct.

Cheney Larock

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