Stephen Kings Weak Response to Criticism
By Rizzuto

Wed May 07, 2008 - Stephen King has responded weakly and in a typical liberal fashion to criticism of his ignorant statement about members of the armed forces.
"That a right-wing-blog would impugn my patriotism because I said children should learn to read, and could get better jobs by doing so, is beneath contempt," he said in a statement posted on his Web site.

King said he supports the troops but believes the war in Iraq is a "waste of national resources ... and that includes the youth and blood of the 4,000 American troops who have lost their lives there and for the tens of thousands who have been wounded."

"I live in a National Guard town, and I support our troops, but I don’t support either the war or educational policies that limit the options of young men and women to any one career — military or otherwise," King said.
What's typical of his response is its "straw man" nature. Earth to King, no one is criticizing you for saying that children should learn to read, they're criticizing your belittlement of the intelligence and education of the troops in Iraq and your insinuation that those in the military are there due to a lack of options because of poor reading skills.

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Comments : 1 Comment

Mallorie_Nasrallah commented, on May 7, 2008 at 2:41 p.m.:

you would think he could be a little more creative...being a writer of many books and all.

oh wait...never mind, just remembered who we are talking about.