Pathetic: Des Moines Register Columnist Who Wished Death on GOP Leaders, Gun Owners Now Cries 'Satire'
On December 30, (originally noted at NewsBusters by MRC's Tim Graham),
twice- or thrice-retired Des Moines Register columnist Donald Kaul,
feeling compelled to come back and begin writing columns again, in the
Register's words, "when events move him,"
made five immodest proposals:
1) "Repeal the Second Amendment";
2) "Declare the NRA a terrorist organization and make membership illegal";
3) "Make ownership of unlicensed assault rifles a felony";
4) People resisting the confiscation efforts of those trying to pry their "guns from their cold, dead hands" should get their wish;
5) "tie Mitch McConnell and John Boehner ... to the back of a Chevy pickup truck and drag them around a parking lot until they ... (see) the light on gun control."
Following a firestorm of outrage, Kaul wrote a January 5 follow-up column claiming he was only engaging in satire, while arrogantly comparing himself to Jonathan Swift and the revered satirist's Modest Proposal. Really. Mr. Kaul seems to have missed something about how his supposedly satirical original column differs from Swift's work:
made five immodest proposals:
1) "Repeal the Second Amendment";
2) "Declare the NRA a terrorist organization and make membership illegal";
3) "Make ownership of unlicensed assault rifles a felony";
4) People resisting the confiscation efforts of those trying to pry their "guns from their cold, dead hands" should get their wish;
5) "tie Mitch McConnell and John Boehner ... to the back of a Chevy pickup truck and drag them around a parking lot until they ... (see) the light on gun control."
Following a firestorm of outrage, Kaul wrote a January 5 follow-up column claiming he was only engaging in satire, while arrogantly comparing himself to Jonathan Swift and the revered satirist's Modest Proposal. Really. Mr. Kaul seems to have missed something about how his supposedly satirical original column differs from Swift's work:
Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tom-blumer/2013/01/07/pathetic-des-moines-register-guest-columnist-wishing-death-gop-leaders-g#ixzz2HLMZ3M6S
Clay Waters | January 07, 2013 | 15:08
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