Dear Dr. Laura Schlesinger....

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34. Clever, but not written by Prof. Kauffman

He did write a book regarding the comments about the letter, though.

https://www.specialeducationtoday.com/p/james-m-kauffman-1940-2024

James M. Kauffman, 1940-2024

On the passing of a powerful advocate for kids with disabilities, their families, and their teachers—and a friend of mine

John Wills Lloyd
Sep 25, 2024

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Perhaps the most famous publication attributed to Jim was not one he actually wrote. A letter to Laura Schlessinger, radio personality noted for providing self-help advice, was falsely attributed to Jim. It was widely circulated on the Internet in the first two decades of the 2000s. The letter questioned “Dr. Laura’s” use of scripture to condem homosexuality. The “Jim” of the letter explained how religious criticisms of contemporary life could be mistakenly attriuted to Biblical standards. The author of “the letter” took on Jim’s voice and repeatedly challenged ideas, asking if it was OK, for example, to own a Canadian becasuse Biblical text discussed enslaving neighbors, what price one should ask when selling his daughter into slavery, and whether one is morally obliged to put to death a neighbor who works on the sabbath. Althought Jim didn’t write the original letter, he got lots of correspondence about it; true to form, he organized the correspondence and reprinted it with commentary in his book, Cyber Abuse: The Dr. Laura Letter.

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