What I wrote isn’t an insult. It’s satire. Read “A Modest Proposal” by Jonathan Swift. That is the vein in which this article was written. Chicken Little is an exploration of what it feels like when you fear never being able to have a successful career. It does feel like the sky is falling, like your dreams are being destroyed, and like it is these people that are doing it. Of course, they aren’t doing it, but it does feel like it. That is the point. And, personally, I think the article states this very clearly. You obviously don’t, but I stand behind what I wrote.

Thank you for writing the first article as well as this follow up.

Sincerely, Alex Yates

But what you wrote…is what you wrote unfortunately:
“Having reached the grand old age of 21, Mr. Muckey will be bringing in over $100,000 playing the trumpet in the best brass section in the country. Fortunately for him, having reached a legal drinking age, his friends will be able to buy him a beer to celebrate his achievement.”

One way or another, what you wrote was insulting. Your purpose was to say, “man, it hurts to see them succeed – in light of all these other people who deserve it as much as he does. we should keep trying harder.”

That’s a wonderful message to spread. But next time, you should try writing your articles without insulting people. Well, as long as you say you didn’t mean it.