I was reading one of Glenn Beaton\u2019s articles where he punches down on the less fortunate (\u201cA modest proposal* to reduce the homeless by feeding them to the needy,\u201d commentary, Aug. 25, The Aspen Times). Why does The Aspen Times pend credibility to the dangerous ideas of Beaton?<\/p>\n
Why is it OK for Glenn to joke about exterminating the homeless? If I wrote a satirical piece about murdering rich people and feeding them to people, would The Aspen Times publish it? Probably not. So why give people with like Glenn a platform? I think it\u2019s because The Aspen Times doesn\u2019t mind in helping Beaten dehumanize the poor. I don\u2019t think The Aspen Times cares about publishing false narratives about society\u2019s vulnerable because they know scaring rich people is good business; all media folks know this.<\/p>\n
Maybe The Aspen Times should change course and allow poor people to have just as much of a voice as Glenn.<\/p>\n
As a matter of fact, I think I should have a weekly column to balance Beaton\u2019s dime-store conservative propaganda called Homeless Harangues.<\/p>\n
Look, rich folks, the pitchforks are coming and people like Glenn are only going to speed up the process. Give voice to the voiceless now and listen, because we may all be voiceless if we don\u2019t start trying to understand each other.<\/p>\n
Michael Schram<\/p>\n
Madison, Wisconsin<\/p>\n