With all of the rich array of subjects to be used in your cartoons, why has your selected cartoonist chosen to bully people because of their age, depicting politicians as old fools solely on the basis of their age [“At the Elderly Politicians’ Club,” Gazette, Aug. 16]?

Don’t we have enough ammunition to decry hateful ideas? I am a strong 91-year-old woman who is not ready to be denigrated for the mere fact of reaching my third act.

Lynne Knudsen

Easthampton

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