Why does my newspaper keep publishing this idiot's letters?

[SmileyBoy]

Every two weeks or so, this insane guy writes in to the Fargo Forum with ad-hominem attacks on the left. He's literally insulting readers now, calling them dummies and telling them to shut up.

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John Henry Johnson: Whiny Democrats should just shut up
The Forum
Published Tuesday, August 24, 2004

I am finally fed up with Democrats moaning and groaning about Halliburton working the Iraqi oil fields. For those of you who are so dumb and stupid and do not understand the oil industry, I will clue you in on the facts of life – in the oil patch.

When Red Adair died, his fire fighting oil company was purchased by yes, you guessed it, Halliburton. These folks are the only, yes, I repeat for you dummies, the only oil related well fires company capable of fighting oil fires, whether at the well site or pipelines. So shut up and zip it.

As far as oil money goes, the Gore family, who own over 22 percent of OXY, can purchase both Cheney and Bush out in small pocket change, so eat that fact, Democrats. The Gore family is wealthier than the Kennedys, Rockefellers and Vanderbilts put together, so shut up.


John Henry Johnson

Detroit Lakes, Minn.

[Book Lover]

1. Hell if I were the editor

I'd call him if a few days went by without a letter, to make sure he was OK. Nothing gets people fired up more than a loudmouthed asshole.

[peabody]

2. We also have the same

nutty right wing people writing into the San Francisco
Chronicle over and over again; and I just don't know
why they keep getting published. I still don't, but
I'm just hoping that there a so few of them that the
editors have no choice but to print them just to show
some balance in the LTTE section.