I just e-mailed this responding Letter to the Editor to the Times:
A Bit Sensitive Aren’t We?
I was amazed at the vicious responses, though not completely surprised, to the Times of Acadiana for printing Top 5 Reasons to Hate LSU, and it was actually disgusting to read the way some immature people attacked Susan Gonzalez, even insulting her intelligence and accusing her of not being able to get into LSU.
First off, the Times of Acadiana is published in LAFAYETTE, the home of the Ragin Cajuns. Baton Rouge publications love to take cheap shots at and put down UL all the time, but yet, according to these LSU letter writers, “How dare a Lafayette publication turn around and crack a few jokes of their own?”
Second, those attacks of Mrs. Gonzalez’s intelligence were out of line. I’d be willing to bet that none of those pompous LSU responders even know her. There are plenty of people well qualified to attend LSU but chose UL for various reasons. I chose to attend UL because I grew up in Lafayette, and I decided to run track in college and represent my home university at the NCAA level. Believe me; I would have had no problem meeting the criteria to attend the “prestigious” LSU.
Finally, if UL is so “little” and “insignificant”, then why must the “big and mighty” LSU get all bent out of shape any time UL returns the favor and cracks a joke about LSU, or when UL attempts to separate itself as the second prestigious university in the state? Is there some kind of insecurity at LSU that I’m not aware of?