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Letter: Beem's 'satire' hits the mark
Aug 10, 2009 11:10 am
I can't tell you how much I have been enjoying Edgar Allen Beem's column recently. His ongoing satires of the liberal mindset have had me chuckling for hours. Beem continues to deftly expose the radical left wing's self-righteousness and hypocrisy, all the while playing the part of a liberal columnist. Brilliant!
From mindless adoration of President Obama, to vilifying other viewpoints (while espousing the left's openness, tolerance and kindness to all mankind of course), Beem's satire really hits the target. Liberty, self-reliance and capitalism are cleverly positioned as the opposition to "equality, justice and the common good." Anyone who differs from Beem isn't "rational." Because of his "superior education," only Beem should enlighten us on how to think. By God, why would anyone pay attention to a mere waitress? I love it!
I will continue to relish Beem's columns in the years ahead and appreciate the wonderful service he is providing to moderates and conservatives in the community. Without his enlightening satire, many more might be swayed by the gibberish spewed by the extreme left wing.
Andrew Sanford
Yarmouth
eabeem says:
Oh no, Mr. Sanford, I am afraid you are quite mistaken. I am, in fact, a most sincere liberal who strives in every way to the most virtuous of citizens. As such, I naturally support re-distribution of wealth such that every American makes the same amount of money (about $50,000 a year I reckon), nationalizing healthcare, limiting individuals to 500 square feet of living space per person, lowering the voting age to 12, extending the Bill of Rights to all living things, and establishing compulsary re-education camps for citizens who think that the individual rights of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness are more important than the collective Founding Principles of this great nation, which are "to form a more perfect union, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity."