Dear Editor,
I’m sure you caught the irony, Mr. Editor. In last week’s paper I introduced and defined a political concept, Original Cynicism: the desire of elites to manipulate the thinking of the common man, and on the same page Jason Smith demonstrated the concept, writing, “And to gun owners, the president proposes adding 300 (ATF) agents to come after their guns.”
Make no mistake, the Congressman’s mama taught him to tell the truth at all times but Republican politicians cannot resist bright lies about gun confiscation.
Smith knows that the Second Amendment applies to the citizens of Perry County. He knows that there isn’t a still or meth lab behind every Perry County shed, which would warrant the arrival of the ATF. Smith knows that hunting is alive and well hereabouts and that we are prepared to protect our farms and homes.
Smith’s fib is especially odd because, in the second paragraph of his essay, he expresses concern for a “crime crisis.” Shouldn’t the Congressman be happy with the introduction of 300 more crime fighters? Wouldn’t an increase in law enforcement personnel help to fight the social problem?
We may need to add a codicil to the concept of Original Cynicism: When a politician rejects a potential solution to a social problem because the solution comes from the other Party that civic leader is engaged in personnel aggrandizement, not public service.
