The LA Times published three letters today from readers who were outraged and alarmed by the projected increase in California's population from 39 million today to 60 million in 2050. Why is it that the Times' readers have to write about California's population crisis? How come the staff of the LA Times isn't doing this itself? Don't they see the problems with the underfunded and overburdened emergency rooms, gridlock traffic, decaying infrastructure, and a collapsing school system?
Well of course they see them. Just because their reporters doesn't mean they're blind. They just feel they can't report on overpopulation. It seems racist to them, a slur on Mexicans. They think it would put them in the same bag as all those right wing racists who patrol the border at night, trying to stop illegal immigration, something the LA Times deeply supports. So that's why they don't write about overpopulation. They don't want to give aid and comfort to the enemy.
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