I spent a bunch of time cleaning my keyboard this morning after spitting up while reading the Letter To the Editor in the PJStar from a Sharon Robinson.Â
Oh…my…supreme being.
Was that woman serious? Actually, considering it was written by a Peorian, she probably was. Sadly, Peoria has more than it’s share of these kinds of close-minded, awful people. A couple of them even have blogs.
The comments section on the website below the letter shows there is indeed hope, however, for Peoria, as some very sane people have picked apart this letter.
I’d like to pick apart a small bit no one has touched on yet:
A wall should be built on all borders, with a warning sign in Spanish and Arabic: “No Trespassing.”
Yeah, as long as you speak those languages, stay the hell out, right Sharon? But every other language? You’re okay. Sheesh.
C’mon, right-wing Peorians, denounce this crap of Ms. Robinson’s. Mouse, you should be particularly disgusted by this woman’s bigotry and racism (notice her “whites are leaving” comment in the original letter). Let’s see if the right side of the Peoria blogosphere can properly call this woman what she is: an idiot.
5 responses so far ↓
1
ollie
// Jan 5, 2008 at 4:43 pm
Hmmm, too bad that the PJS edits these letters. I’d love to know strong of a command she has of English.
2
vonster
// Jan 7, 2008 at 10:34 am
Your silence on the equally “idiot” musings of people like MoveOn’ers is deafening.
3
bjstone
// Jan 7, 2008 at 8:36 pm
Ah, yes, the duck and dodge response…typical Vonnie.
As usual, utter silence from the right (that’s “political right”, as in “incorrect”).
Ollie, why am I not surprised?
4
jadedgirl
// Jan 8, 2008 at 9:41 am
I took a gander at said letter, and you are right…she’s a nutball.
Plain and simple…nutball.
And, I feel that I qualify as poor or low income when I say this: PBS IS needed. Those of us who cannot afford cable television service benefitted greatly from the educational programming that PBS airs (ie) Reading Rainbow, Between The Lions, Sesame Street, and even Masterpiece Theatre. My son Loved all of it….and without cable at the time, that was all we had.
And if Sharon doesn’t like Peoria…maybe she should move to Dunlap like everyone else is.
Ughhh.
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BJ Stone
// Jan 9, 2008 at 6:46 pm
Still no response from the more vocal of the Peoria-area right wing bloggers. Mouse? Jordan? Burl? Janz? I take it you agree with the overall tone of the original letter? I mean, you haven’t condemned it, so therefore I can speculate that you agree with the letter writer.
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