To the editor:
First, I offer first this disclaimer: I did not vote for Donald Trump last November, so my comment on Diana Wagman’s op-ed article, in which she tells of her participation in a spell-casting ritual on the president, is objective and disinterested in terms of politics. (“I put a spell on you, Mr. President,” Opinion, May 23)
When I was young low IQs were rated in three categories in descending order: idiot, moron and cretin. Rather than disparage unfortunate neo-nates who will mature but never go beyond those low levels, I will deplore Wagman’s all-too obvious juvenile arguments expressing what was once considered vile witchcraft: casting spells.
How is it possible for a grown person to undertake personally-driven necromancy against a president barely five months into a 48-month term? Or any sort of “black magic” at all in these scientifically enlightened times? Even if meant humorously, which her “activism” against Trump seems to contradict, how is it possible in fact for such embarrassing juvenile behavior to be featured in a major newspaper?
One can only hope those who are advocating California’s secession from the U.S. federal union will not succeed in my lifetime, nor in that of my grandchildren and their children too.
Jascha Kessler, Santa Monica
