{"id":2452682,"date":"2019-12-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-29T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=318390"},"modified":"2019-12-30T09:44:29","modified_gmt":"2019-12-30T16:44:29","slug":"break-with-beaton-warrants-explanation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/break-with-beaton-warrants-explanation\/","title":{"rendered":"Break with Beaton warrants explanation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cIt all started in 1975, with a commitment to integrity; we bring light to truth, excellence to endeavor and strength to community. We are the preeminent provider of relevant, timely and trusted information. We are the leaders for the communities and customers we serve.\u201d How do you square this opening paragraph from your owner\u2019s website \u2014 https:\/\/www.swiftcom.com\/about\/<\/a> \u2014 with your cancellation of Glenn Beaton\u2019s column?<\/p>\n

Agree with all, some or none of his columns, but each was the product of serious thought, extensive research and solid writing. Beaton certainly brought \u201clight to truth, excellence to endeavor and strength to community.\u201d Ten days ago, I shared his most recent column with an Episcopal bishop. His response: \u201cYour friend Glenn has caught what he calls Jesus\u2019\u2019contradictions\u2019 better than I ever could, and writes engagingly, from his heart. I\u2019m grateful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Did you cancel the column because you cannot tolerate views that don\u2019t conform to yours? Each column should have been edited before it was published, so what was the tipping point? You didn\u2019t like the latest piece \u201cJesus is not our mom,\u201d the one the bishop thought was so good?<\/p>\n

Perhaps you think your readership isn\u2019t smart enough to stop and turn the page, if they don\u2019t like what they are reading? We are talking six or seven minutes of reading a fortnight? Give your readership more credit and give this reader a well-researched, well-written column once a fortnight versus the daily letters to the editor, many of which are nothing more than brain farts.<\/p>\n

Not publishing this column isn\u2019t leading or serving the community, it is censoring thought and speech, exactly when we all need more diversity of thought. It will be interesting to see which writers for The Aspen Times speak up for diversity of thought and speech. \u201cFirst they came for the Communists, and I did not speak out \u2026!\u201d<\/p>\n

As \u201ccommunity leaders,\u201d I hope you will explain why you cancelled this column and outline how its replacement will benefit readers.<\/p>\n

Simon Pinniger<\/p>\n

Aspen<\/p>\n

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