The rhetoric on political parties gets us nowhere

I hereby challenge all letter writers to the Thousand Oaks Acorn to base their opinions upon facts unmitigated by anger and frustration. Only this will provide the necessary clarity to foster a healthy debate about issues in our community, state and country.

Let’s use the letters section as a positive opportunity to express our views; improving communication and foregoing tit-for-tat based upon generalizations and demeaning statements. I’d be happy to discuss the political history of our state and nation with Mr. DiFatta (letter to the editor, June 9), hoping that we can agree to these healthy ground rules.

Let’s come out from our bunkers and find some common ground about the best aspects of our respective political parties. It’s fun to become politically riled, but ultimately it wears us down and precludes positive action for the benefit of our society.

I think most people are politically moderate. Yet, the extreme views of some political leaders seemingly force them to be fully “in” or “out,” thereby suffocating their own political self-determination. It doesn’t have to be this way.

We can all look factually at all sides of the issues, and perhaps even come up with some good ideas for our political leaders.

Julia Chambers Thousand Oaks