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: Bill of Rights being nullified by new law
President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act on New Year’s Eve. I doubt many Americans noticed its implications because they do not yet comprehend the big picture. This law, coupled with the Patriot Act, is paving the way for America’s direction toward tyranny.
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Letter: $14 trillion debt started by previous president
I’m a proud atheist who’s lucky enough to know the difference between fact and fantasy.
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Letter: Economy putting people in the gutters
We are now getting the results of putting people in the gutters. We need to take a second look at our government and its policies. It’s not working.
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Viewpoint: Look at Creation Museum from an educational, scientific perspective
I encourage any and all who have interest in this vitally important topic to “go to the source,” to invest the time and energy into exploring The Creation Museum for themselves.
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Letter: Blame the voters for our Congress
Why is insider trading legal for Congress and illegal for the rest of us? They make and enact laws for all of us, but then exempt members of Congress. Somehow this doesn’t seem to pass the smell test.
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Letter: Smith’s firings appear vindictive
Anderson is a city of negative publicity and actions. Why else is Sears leaving? Can we stand four years of vindictive actions and negative reporting?
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Letter: Planned devaluation of dollar is coming
I’ve submitted letters regarding the existence of a global elite for years now. I’m now submitting another one in which I hope readers will take note of.
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Viewpoint: Myra Kraft inspiration for Patriots
If there was one good reason for the Patriots to win the Super Bowl, it would be because of what I had read.
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Viewpoint: Anderson a microcosm of America
Wherever I have found comments that I felt were outside the values I believe in or were plain misinformation I have spoken out. At times that has been done with a lack of eloquence.
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Viewpoint: Problems in Anderson go back to President Carter
On Jan. 21, Frank Couch of Anderson stated that political conservatives “just don’t get it.” He sort of indicates Sears’ closing in Anderson is due to the new mayor being Republican.
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Letter: Bill of Rights being nullified by new law
