Ralph K. Ginorio-154-INS: Keep Right- APOLOGY REGARDING MY RECENT COLUMN

by RALPH K. GINORIO/Keep Right
| March 16, 2022 7:13 PM

On Friday, March 11, I submitted a "Keep Right" Op-Ed column, “Ukranian flaws do not justify war.” In that column, I wrote with an obnoxious edge that did no one credit.

I wrote of those with whom I have a principled disagreement as being “unsophisticated zealots” who are part of a “fringe group.” I recant these words and repent of the attitude of unwarranted contempt that they reveal.

I am not the arbiter of truth, right or proportion. I have my judgment, which I express freely. They have theirs. Good and wise people can disagree about some pretty important things. On the Ukraine, we disagree, quite intensely so!

But, in disagreeing, I was needlessly disagreeable. In this I was wrong. I make no excuse, and beg their pardon, and yours.

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In Maine and then Idaho, Ralph K. Ginorio has taught the history of Western Civilization to high school students for nearly a quarter century. He is an “out-of-the-closet” Conservative educator with experience in special education, public schools and charter schools, grades 6-12. He has lived in Coeur d’Alene since 2014. Email: rginorio@cdapress.com