Letter to the Lawton Constitution on Ann Coulter's skinhead remarks

[rickrok66]

Dear Editors,

I write with disgust in response to Ann Coulter’s editorial, “Conservatives need 12-step program to manhood”, published on May 15th in The Lawton Constitution, I ask that the editorial staff provide a policy on not promoting hate speech or whatever policy you may have that prohibits you from publishing threats or hate. If you read her editorial, you will note that she calls for the assault on a Yale student, “Why hasn’t the former spokesman for the Taliban matriculating at Yale been beaten even more senselessly than he already is?” Then, she continues to call forward conservative men to action by asking, “Where are the skinheads when you need them?” If your newspaper is going to sit back and publish this kind of fascist hatred, and then I wonder what kind of humans you really are let alone journalists with any sense of decency. If you do have any sense of decency left, you need to take action.

My recommendation is drop Coulter’s syndicated column and replace it with something within the boundaries of acceptable human behavior.

You can add the following column to the Lawton Constitution. As a subscriber, I think everyone would benefit from this free column sponsored by the Poet Laureate of the US. The column would also be cultural as well as educational.

http://www.americanlifeinpoetry.org/current.html

"The Poetry Foundation has formed a partnership with the Library of Congress to support the American Life in Poetry project, an initiative of Ted Kooser, the Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress.

American Life in Poetry is a free weekly column for newspapers and online publications featuring a poem by a contemporary American poet and a brief introduction to the poem by Ted Kooser. The sole mission of this project is to promote poetry, and we believe we can add value for newspaper and online readers by doing so. There are no costs or obligations for reprinting the columns, though we do require that the text of the column be reproduced without alteration, along with the complete copyright, permissions and credit information, exactly as supplied with each column."

I will also post this letter on Democraticunderground.com and send it to your half and quarter page advertisers.

[Joey Liberal]

1. Great article!

The Lawton Constitution has no decency. They pander to the pathetic, knuckle dragging, neo-cons that live in Lawton. The only thing worse is in this town is Channel 7 News.