This is in reference to Carol Miller’s letter in the January 26 News-Herald. In it, she blasted the previous week’s Gitche Gitche Gumee political cartoon (which I quite liked) concerning the hypocrisy of opponents of the second amendment right to bear arms.
She called the cartoon hateful, rightwing, offensive, disgusting, irresponsible, sanctimonious, irrational, biased and unbalanced. My word! It seems Liberals have no problem with incendiary language when it suits them.
I might be wrong, but I interpreted her letter as an attack on the freedom of the press in support of her desire to invalidate the second amendment— which I myself found pretty offensive.
I think that, rather than denigrating a cartoonist (and the paper), she should think long and hard about how well our Constitution and Bill of Rights have served this country so justly and for so long.
If she thinks the Constitution should be changed, she should remember that she has the rightfully protected means to attempt to do so at any time. However, I suspect that she is unlikely to see the “Right To Never Be Offended” that she seems to think is already there.
Maybe it actually is in there and I just missed it. If it is, then I apologize but claim my right to say “Shut up, Carol.”
Daryl Popkes
Gunflint Trail
Leave a Reply