Friday, October 29, 2010

Dear Grandpa.

To be straight with you G-pa, its not about the candidates really. Its the horrific, hateful and vile way you personally go after all who deviate from the G-pa doctrine. As if somehow only you guys (and gal?) know whats good for Grand Terrace (which in itself is ok for you to believe and write about) and any one you think is doing wrong is publicly destroyed with name calling, revealing of any and all personal information you can uncover and you have no problem throwing names around willy nilly when it suits your needs, all behind the white hoods of your keyboard. You and I both know I am not the sole holder of this point of view however you alone stand in control of the flow of information, even referring to yourself as the Gate Keeper. Recently a very good friend of mine who serves fairly high up in law enforcement brought up the term Cyber Bully in a conversation about your one sided little hate page. In a discussion of G-pa he said, "I do agree that they have been instrumental in bringing to light some real important issues, its their questionable tactics I worry about and their vicious tone can only be described accurately as 'Cyber Bullying'. Its one thing to bring forth facts but when the political and often personally hurtful commentary overshadows the issues that's just wrong."
I hadn't even been familiar with Cyber Bullying then but with the events of the last few weeks and people actually pushed into killing themselves it seems that the entertainment value of your insults and slander should at least be revisited. I'm just saying.

1 comment:

  1. too many people dismiss the posts of Gramps as 'harmless', they themselves have even referenced that if folks cant take what they write how could they be in public office? its become a local source of entertainment to tune in and find our who is on the shitty end of the Gramps stick this time. its not harmless, people have been hurt and its wrong. although they may actually have great knowledge about all things city management, they aren't elected officials, well they kinda aren't, and they have no obligation to be truthful or even factual. they are hidden from view and that makes them protected from the checks and balances of an actual journalist. perhaps it is this freedom to write what she cant in her day job that is the allure to the M, and her 'mouth-piece' that is the Gramps...

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