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Differences make Americans; Stephen F. “The Onion” Kislock, III; Beaver County Times; August 15, 2012.
Most of Mr. Kislock’s 66+ letters over the last eight years have been Republican-bashing exercises, though he sometimes goes after Democrats for his pet causes. Sometime during 2009 Mr. Kislock became an in-house commentator for Beaver County Reds. Please follow this link to learn more about Beaver County Reds. You may also remember Mr. Kislock appears to believe “The Onion” is a real news source.
Below is a detailed critique of the subject letter.
“Mr. Page, a neo-Nazi and white supremacist, kills six Sikh and wounds three others. Another mass murder in America; will this be a story without end?”
[RWC] I’m sure he thinks he is bashing the right in this letter, but Mr. Kislock doesn’t appear to know the definitions of the terms he uses.
Neo-Nazis are national socialists. The original Nazis were members of the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (National Socialist German Workers’ Party), the party of Adolf Hitler, and believed in supremacy of the Aryan race. Socialism is one of the numerous leftism variants.
“The Aug. 5 attack on the Sikh temple and the killing of six members, can and should be laid at the feet of neo-conservative hate-mongers.”
[RWC] Neoconservatives are former full-blown liberals who now tend to be somewhere between the left of the right and the right of the left. “Neocons” are not “far right” by any stretch of the imagination unless you’re on the far left, like Mr. Kislock. Though I’m far to the right of the typical neoconservative, I’m not aware of any neocon I’d label a “hate-monger.” Keep in mind it’s folks like Mr. Kislock who divvy up people into grievance/victim groups based on age, ethnicity, sex, skin color, et cetera.
“We had a Civil War and the bloody struggle for African-Americans rights; we are one people, different colors, different religions, but Americans.”
[RWC] Mr. Kislock seems to forget Democrats were pro-slavery before, during, and after the Civil War. When they could no longer enslave people, Democrats “settled” for oppressing minorities via Jim Crow laws, the Ku Klux Klan, and so on. Today’s left enslaves minorities via policies and programs (illegal immigration, Medicaid, welfare, etc.) intended to create and maintain a permanent underclass to be exploited for their votes.
“What happen [sic] to ‘Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!’ These words are on the Statue of Liberty. Are they hollow words today?
“Should the Statue of Liberty be packed up and shipped back to France and replaced with a barb wire Liberty Island, as I think many on the far right would love? No!”
[RWC] I believe Mr. Kislock is projecting.
I wonder if Mr. Kislock knows the following. Republican Louisiana Gov. Piyush “Bobby” Jindal is the U.S.-born son of Indian (Hindu) immigrants and his India-born wife and her parents are Indian immigrants. Republican South Carolina Gov. Nimrata Nikki Randhawa Haley is the U.S.-born daughter of Indian (Sikh) immigrants. Govs. Jindal and Haley are the first and second (and currently only) governors of Indian descent. According to press reports, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), the U.S.-born son of Cuban immigrants and a Tea Party favorite, was one of the finalists to be Mitt Romney’s running mate. Damn those hate-mongering conservatives! <g>
“We must grow up and see not differences, but what makes America, America.”
[RWC] The day this letter appeared in the BCT, Floyd Lee Corkins, II, entered the headquarters of the Family Research Council (a conservative lobbying group) carrying a loaded 9mm semiautomatic handgun with the apparent intent of killing some number of people working there. Mr. Corkins had been a volunteer at The DC Center for the LGBT Community for the last six months. Current reports indicate Mr. Corkins “made a negative reference about the work of the Family Research Council before opening fire” and “[carried] a satchel, with a bag from a Chick-fil-A restaurant inside.” Assuming he thinks the attempted mass shooting was wrong, does anyone care to guess whom Mr. Kislock would blame?
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