I own several radios. There are two things they all share, an on and off knob, and one to change the channel. What puzzles me is why people are upset when I listen quietly and don’t subject others to my tastes.

For too many years the atheist left had a monopoly on the dissemination of information under the guise of providing news. The blatant hypocrisy of the left is always on display when they claim to support free speech until they hear something with which they disagree. Conservative talk radio succeeds because it sometimes makes me laugh, often entertains, and always makes me think.

The genie is out of the bottle it and cannot be put back.

The left tried with Air America and it was a colossal failure. If the public cannot find bootlicking sycophantic cheerleaders for the political left these days, try watching ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, or MSNBC. The reason the same thing is discussed at 9:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. is not some vast conspiracy but the short news cycle. The shows I listen to actively solicit and none “freeze” out those with differing views. The only forces eroding democracy today are the self-appointed censors of any thought critical of the way they think. Don’t tell me what’s good for me, I already know. If letter writer Mark Tardif doesn’t like what he hears, instead of listening for seven hours, he should use one of those knobs. After all, if ignorance is bliss, then Democrats should be euphoric.

John Clement, Auburn