To the editor:

David Guth extended what appeared to me to be a sincere apology for his tweet following the shooting at the Navy Yard. All of us have said things in a moment of emotion that we would later come to regret. It takes courage to stand on your principles but it also takes courage to apologize and ask forgiveness.

Many of you who know me understand that I am no friend of liberal politics, support the Second Amendment, and probably stand on the opposite side of the fence from Mr. Guth on any political issue he would care to discuss. I do not believe that any rational individual would wish harm on another’s child. I do believe Mr. Guth is a rational individual. If he said that he didn’t intend for it to be interpreted the way that it was written, I am willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. Why can’t we all?

How the University of Kansas handles it from here is up to them. Removing him from the classroom, though, is too severe. What all of us need to remember is that all the man did was choose his words incorrectly. He didn’t threaten to hurt anyone. I have faced threats both physical and emotional and this was neither. We should all stop overreacting to these situations and take a deep breath.