Moody Amphitheater
Striving to Be a Tolerant Person
RECEIVED Tue., Sept. 25, 2007
Dear Editor,
I am reading so much lately about the clearing of beautiful trees and such by greedy developers ["Clear-Cutting Austin," News, Sept. 21]. It is so sickening to me to think that these wonderful treasures are being destroyed so that some California idiot can have his house 6 feet bigger. Screw that in the eye! How long until our city is nothing but concrete and smog, like the hellholes these morons left to begin with? What really gets me is that these "enlightened" people move to Austin and rant and rave about how much they love it and how it's so quaint and "hippy-dippy" and they had to get out of wherever because of this laundry list of problems … then they go and create the same problems they are running from. Seems a little counterproductive – nah … seems a lot stupid. Furthermore, I am sick to death of every yuppie that goes by thinking that my Southern accent, my broom skirt, and my patchouli oil are such a damn novelty. I strive to be a very tolerant person, but frankly I'm getting a little fed up. I can see who is causing the damage to our way of life, and to them I say, "Go back and finish devastating California; leave us alone!" Maybe after they get through, it will fall off into the ocean, then – to quote Bill Hicks – "We can all go visit Arizona Bay."
I am reading so much lately about the clearing of beautiful trees and such by greedy developers ["Clear-Cutting Austin," News, Sept. 21]. It is so sickening to me to think that these wonderful treasures are being destroyed so that some California idiot can have his house 6 feet bigger. Screw that in the eye! How long until our city is nothing but concrete and smog, like the hellholes these morons left to begin with? What really gets me is that these "enlightened" people move to Austin and rant and rave about how much they love it and how it's so quaint and "hippy-dippy" and they had to get out of wherever because of this laundry list of problems … then they go and create the same problems they are running from. Seems a little counterproductive – nah … seems a lot stupid. Furthermore, I am sick to death of every yuppie that goes by thinking that my Southern accent, my broom skirt, and my patchouli oil are such a damn novelty. I strive to be a very tolerant person, but frankly I'm getting a little fed up. I can see who is causing the damage to our way of life, and to them I say, "Go back and finish devastating California; leave us alone!" Maybe after they get through, it will fall off into the ocean, then – to quote Bill Hicks – "We can all go visit Arizona Bay."
Jodi Kos
