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im10ashus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 07:08 PM
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My LTTE
Edited on Tue Aug-09-05 07:12 PM by im10ashus
I wasn't going to post this because I've heard there are "those whose name we dare not speak" lurking about on DU looking for ways to make people's lives hell. But after conferring with a couple of DUers that I respect, I thought, what the hell. I am not going to hide behind my keyboard. They agreed that it's definitely worth sharing because it shows that our hard work is not for naught. We need to address egregiously misinformed people with facts. The truth shall set them free, as the saying goes.

A reader wrote this letter to the editor of the Gainesville Times:

http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/news/stories/20050730/opinion/638.shtml

Here was my response, which they printed today:

http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/news/stories/20050809/opinion/3947.shtml

I live in NYC and am sure the letter writer will not look kindly on some Damn Yankee correcting them.
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jeff30997 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 07:13 PM
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1. You're so dead !
-The DU Bullies.:)
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im10ashus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 07:14 PM
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2. Oh hell.
I thought I would at least live to tell about it. :-)
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Kerrytravelers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 07:15 PM
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3. Great response...
"My suggestion to him is to turn off Fox News and go to your local library. Someone has been brainwashing you."

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :pals: :pals: :pals: :pals: :pals: :pals: :pals: :pals: :think: :think: :think: :think: :think: :think: :think: :think: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :pals: :pals: :pals: :pals: :pals: :pals: :pals: :pals: :think: :think: :think: :think: :think: :think: :think: :think: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :headbang: :pals: :pals: :pals: :pals: :pals: :pals: :pals: :pals: :think: :think: :think: :think: :think: :think: :think: :think: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast:
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im10ashus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-05 07:18 PM
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4. Yeah.
I was a little surprised they actually printed that. But I must say, I am glad they did. :evilgrin:
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H2O Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-05 05:41 AM
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5. I think LTTE
are one of the best forms of public education. Malcolm X always used to say that its good to place a glass of clean water next to a dirty glass of water, and let thirsty people decide which one they want. Your letter does just that. Thank you for sharing it with us, and even more, thanks for writing it!
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im10ashus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-05 08:44 AM
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8. Thanks H20 Man.
That's a wonderful analogy. Let's hope the original letter writer chooses the clean water. It seems he may have already drank the Kool-Aid.
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Obamarama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-05 06:24 AM
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6. The text of the original LTTE appeared in a Michigan paper, too!
It was either in the Kalamazoo Gazette or Detroit Free Press.
I think it may have been one of those boilerplate letters that organizations write to have their members customise and send into local papers.

I'll try to find and post here.

Great response, by the way.
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im10ashus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-05 09:08 AM
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9. Hey, KzooDem.
Long time no chat. Let me know if you find that link. :-)
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unhappycamper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-05 06:27 AM
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7. Nice rebuttal.
:toast:
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im10ashus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-05 10:15 AM
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11. Thanks!
:toast:
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SemperEadem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-05 09:16 AM
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10. How beautiful and eloquent
well said!!! And the whole city can look at him cockeyed and wonder if he's as tightly wound as he appears to be. Mothers can herd their children away from him while walking down the street.

I can't believe the brazeness of those who don't have a grasp on the simple, documented truths.
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im10ashus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-05 10:59 AM
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12. LMAO!
I understand for a small Georgia town, it's fairly liberal, mostly due to the two colleges there. :hi:
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cry baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-05 11:04 AM
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13. There's just no arguing with FACTS...
Really nice job!
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im10ashus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-05 12:11 PM
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14. Thanks CB. n/t
:-)
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