The Writer's Life 7/11 - The Pits

Yesterday, conservative talk show host Mike Gallagher mentioned an interesting development concerning a movie star's mom. I got the following from NYPost.com, editing it a tiny bit. It illustrates how intolerant some liberals can be:

Brad Pitt’s mom, Jane, has faced a barrage of death threats and other slurs after writing to her local paper bashing President Obama and his positions on gay marriage and abortion.

“Brad Pitt’s mom, die,” said one Twitter post, according to Web site Twitchy, while another tweet read, “[bleep] you, brad pitt's mom. the gay community made your kid a star, you whacko” and another says, “Brad Pitt’s mom wrote an anti-gay pro-Romney editorial. Kill the Bitch.”

The venomous tweets erupted after the Moneyball star’s mother wrote a letter to her local Missouri paper, the Springfield News-Leader, saying of the upcoming election, “Any Christian who does not vote or writes in a name is casting a vote for Romney’s opponent, Barack Hussein Obama — a man who sat in Jeremiah Wright’s church for years, did not hold a public ceremony to mark the National Day of Prayer, and is a liberal who supports the killing of unborn babies and same-sex marriage.” In the letter, Jane Pitt called Romney, “a family man with high morals, business experience, who is against abortion and shares Christian conviction concerning homosexuality.” Web site WND says it reached out to Jane Pitt about the vicious tweets, and that her voice conveyed “fear and despair.” WND spoke briefly with her and asked about the media assault against her for her comments as a private citizen supporting Romney. With inflections in her voice that conveyed fear and despair, she quietly and politely said she was not interested in talking to anyone in the media about the incident. Brad Pitt’s brother Doug went on Today to defend his mom, saying, "You know, I think moms and dads and kids agree to disagree all over the world. So why would our family be any different? There can be healthy discussion when people disagree with you. The bad thing is when it turns to venom and negativity, and we don't have that in our family. It's open discussion. We can learn from each other and, if anything, it solidifies your point. Or maybe you learn something." Brad Pitt has been openly supportive of Obama, as well as same sex marriage. He told talk show host Ellen DeGeneres, about his relationship with fiance Angelina Jolie, "I've said that we would not be getting married until everyone in this country had the right to get married."

Thus far Brad has remained silent. I wonder if his mom told him to stay out of it so he won't suffer the notorious, vengeful wrath of Hollywood's liberal power structure. Leftists have always been smug, believing they are on the side of the angels. I tremble to think what would happen if the most strident had absolute power  - re-education camps for many, the guillotine for the rest, I imagine.

No sooner had Michael, who lives in my building, donated four crime thrillers in Russian than they were purchased by Lev, who overpaid, as usual. And an hour after a lovely elderly woman dropped off a pair of romance novels, Herbie bought them. Alan made it it a trio of regulars, buying a John Sandford thriller. Thanks, guys.

Good luck to local beat poet Big Al, who is publishing a book of his poetry, which he dubs love-ku, not haiku.

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