I’m 15 years old and really like reading the letters to the editor in the Acorn .

A letter printed on Oct. 22 by Bob Paul sounded like he had been personally attacked by another letter writer. I did a search of the Acorn website and read the letter he was referring to, then read the guest opinion by Congressman Gallegly, and the letter by Mr. Lundy that Sherry Jensen referred to in her letter.

First of all, (Jensen’s) opinion doesn’t represent an attack on anyone. It just asks people to stop encouraging violence with their rhetoric, i.e., their words.

Second: She very clearly didn’t characterize middle ground as laughable; she said it was laughable that Mr. Lundy considered himself and his views as middle ground. They were so extremely right-wing even a 15-year-old could see that.

Asking if he will now become a target of White House Communications Director Anita Dunn shows that Mr. Paul is a fan of Fox Network opinion shows, as they are the only ones I know of accusing the White House of starting a “watch list.”

This is probably why Mr. Paul is so angry and defensive. Ms. Jensen called no one a liar. She said Gallegly’s facts were slanted. A search of the organization he cited, as Clark J. Sullivan discovered, explains why she claims this.

Asking Republicans to have the courage to ask for “civility in dialogue,” as she called it, isn’t at all the same as telling someone to “shut up.” But since his letter also encourages violence in right-wing extremists and makes accusations that aren’t true, Mr. Paul can rightfully count himself as one of the cowards Jensen refers to.

He said he’s been married for 52 years; that makes him old.

Just because he’s old doesn’t mean he can get away with lying about what other people say.

Shame on him. His letter sounds like he’s a control freak and a bully.

I feel sorry for his wife of 52 years. Michelle Baker Thousand Oaks