Ordinarily I do not participate in the ‘Letter to the Editor’ arena as I find some of the persons occupying the fringe seats irrational and unable to accept other points of view without exercising intolerance and ignorance.
I submit for your consideration the opinion letter printed in the January 13th, 2016 edition of the Bitterroot Star authored by Marty Essen of Victor. Like any liberal progressive worth their salt, Marty Essen commences his blubbering diatribe with an attack on Republicans and gun rights activists, indicating that he is observing them doing their “whiny cry baby dance again.”
The irony of this extended snivel fest appears to be the perceived abuse of Marty Essen’s 1st Amendment right to free speech which after disconnected literary contortions should allow abuse of the rights afforded us under the protections of the 2nd Amendment, which has been fully supported by the Supreme Court. Enter stage extreme left, the argument that the Constitution of these United States is a “living document” subject to interpretation by persons who could not care less about the rights of the ignorant majority.
I believe that the statues governing liable and slander are in place to prevent the leveling of false statements or accusations against individuals or organizations. I don’t understand why Marty Essen was required to make such major modifications to his descriptions of persons which rendered them unidentifiable if his assertions regarding their actions were accurate. Technically this is an issue under court jurisdiction and that of the other “living document” that states emphatically “Thou shalt not bear false witness.”
In closing, I would like to state for the record that Marty Essen’s difficulties with credibility and accuracy lend rise to my concerns about the agenda(s) put forth in his published works. Additionally, should I personally believe with passion my position on a specific topic is indeed accurate, I would state the facts and not copiously bellyache about what others thought.
“Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition.” Chaplin Forgey, December 7th, 1941, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
William C. Masker
Stevensville