An editorial yesterday in the St. Cloud Times makes me laugh!
It was only last week that they called on a professional communicator, Professor Aric Putnam from a Catholic college, to call me out for promoting conspiracy theories, here.
Now, that very same paper says that citizens in America are no longer allowed to exercise their Constitutional right to peaceably assemble in a group of like-minded people!
Our meeting was by invitation only!
We were receiving threats that “progressive activists” were planning to disrupt a meeting we (ACT for America chapter leader and myself) were holding in St. Cloud.
We wanted our guests to not be subjected to hateful vitriol by a bunch of Leftwing community agitators.
And, frankly, remember readers, you are not obligated to invite hostile media to any meeting in America!
Is the St. Cloud Times saying here that it is not permitted, in the people’s republic of Minnesota, to hold private meetings? Could they be spinning conspiracy theories themselves?
Talk about scare tactics! It is a joke—“secret conversations!” No wonder small city newspapers are dying.
Here is the editorial yesterday (hat tip: Margaret):
Let’s keep talking, but let’s have those talks in public.
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Unfortunately, there also have been some bad — or worse — secret conversations. [EEEK!!!—ed] Topping that list was the April 23 visit from Ann Corcoran, editor and founder of Refugee Resettlement Watch. She traveled all the way from Maryland to host an invitation-only meeting to promote her organization’s mission to “educate citizens about Refugee Resettlement Policy of the U.S. Government.”
Corcoran’s presentation was not open to the public. So while it’s impossible to know what she covered, a sampling of her opinions posted online indicate her message was likely rooted in disparaging all Muslims and especially those from Somalia.
To be clear, there are valid questions to ask federal elected officials about U.S. immigration policies they refuse to change.
However, Corcoran’s tactics — from secret meetings to extremist stereotyping — don’t have Washington, D.C. as their target. Instead, she’s much more focused on exploiting and expanding local fear of the unknown. Then, of course, it’s time for her to pack her bags and move to the next struggling community.
Struggling communities, here I come!
By the way, go here (scroll down to April 23, Part 1 and Part 2) to listen to my radio interview immediately following our “secret meeting,” so you can hear the gist of what we discussed in private—that every town in America receiving third world refugees (chosen by the UN) has the right to the FACTS on what is happening to their community.
Hey, I will bet you a million bucks that CAIR has held private meetings in St. Cloud and that the St. Cloud Times never threw a hissy-fit about their private (secret) conversations! Why? Fear!