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