I am grateful for Roland VanHorn’s kind words in his letter of Oct. 20; a few rejoinders are in order, however. While I grant Jim Bailey’s overarching point, i.e., the singular inappropriateness of men of the cloth calling for an assassination, I still wonder whether the intemperate behavior of a couple of misguided small-town pastors is actually more harmful to civilized discourse and to the moral fiber of society than an international media elite which acquiesces in and winks at hateful speech directed at a sitting U.S. president they happen to disagree with.
On a different note, I am puzzled by Mr. VanHorn’s last statement: “Dr. Ippolito ... failed to extend that criticism to any form of media that calls for or glorifies killing”. I thought that “criticizing the media” is exactly what I had done in my letter.
Dan F. Ippolito
Anderson
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Letter: Which behavior is more harmful?
Men of the cloth calling for an assassination is inappropriate
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Letter: Public should have say on library space
As taxpayers, does the public have no say-so what happens with their tax dollars? With some proper schedule management, those existing meeting rooms can fulfill everyone’s needs.
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Letter: Election fraud tales turn voters away
Columnist Maureen Hayden asked, “Why did 3 million Hoosiers choose not to vote?” She gave a few reasons but I can think of another one.
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Letter: Elected officials should buy insurance
I may be wrong but I thought the city and county were hurting for money, and that’s why services keep getting cut or eliminated. One thing is evident. There is no shortage of money for lawsuits.
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Letter: Source of inequality is not economic
The truth of the collapse of a living-wage economy for working-class America is a social catastrophe and, increasingly, a severe embarrassment to free-market ideology.
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Letter: America following road to tyranny
Global elitists behind our government have methodically been guiding our government toward the New World Order.
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Letter: Let’s work through the problems
On May 14 I attended the county council meeting in hopes that I could understand what is happening in the legislative branch of our Madison County government. What I saw was politics at its worst and I cannot applaud either party.
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Letter: Columnist Brown ignores truth
It’s hard to understand why The Herald Bulletin carries columns by Susan Stamper Brown, who has such a blatant disregard for truth in her conservative propaganda.
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Letter: Taxpayers should thank the ‘few’
Are those who worry about the loss of the wheel tax concerned about the roads or about their jobs? Most of them could care less about people’s needs.
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Letter: Government officials should answer to us
We, the people, have allowed government officials to lead us into the crazy one world order. But, is it working? Well, look at the results.
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Viewpoint: Schools, volunteers reach out to pre-kindergartners, parents
On behalf of Born Learning Connection as service of the United Way of Madison County, I would like to thank all Madison County elementary schools for their generous support in making Blast Off to Kindergarten a countywide success.
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Letter: Public should have say on library space
