Letters to the editor
Calling it like it is
Editor:
This is in response to Sonja Gedeon’s article "Toeing the Klan
line,"
Oct. 31.
I am proud to be a conservative. If she had said to my face that
as a
conservative I am an advocate of the Ku Klux Klan, it would have
taken the
strength of every fiber of my being to restrain myself from
breaking her
nose right then and there. There is political rhetoric, and
there is
ignorant hate speech. Gedeon has engaged in the latter.
Her extrapolation of her experience with a "conservative" named
John to
ALL conservatives is INSANE. As a conservative, most of my views
are
derived from principles of responsible money management. This
has
absolutely nothing to do with the racist ideology of the
KKK!
Conservatives’ vision for America is not based on racism. Gedeon
should
put forth an apology for her insulting, slanderous propaganda.
Gedeon’s
brand of hate is deceptive and divisive. SHE and her kind are
the ones who
inject the race factor into issues, NOT conservatives. She is
a
disgrace.Michael C. MacNeil
Second-year
Political science/history