Today's Letter to Garrison Keillor

[nyghtowl]

Dear Mr. Keillor:

I am shocked and appalled by your recent Christmas column in the Chicago Tribune. This time of year is for all religions, cultures and forms of music to come together

Comments

[papabear008]

ok just read it and the funny thing is that the POPE way back when said J was born on dec 25th so they could convert the pagans. he shoud Wach the Histery TV.

[nyghtowl]

Thanks for your words, friend.

I agree. I have celebrated as many as four holidays at this time of year, and while I identify as Christian I don't do the hate thing. I am really angry about this and very disappointed in Keillor.

[jadegirl]

Seriously disappointed. It seems like he's come down with 'hardening of the attitude' over the past year or two, as this isn't the first recent piece that has made me feel unhappy with my rapidly dwindling admiration of him, and it's seems directly contradictory to work he'd published as a younger man. Sad.

Joy of the season to you and yours, though!

[nyghtowl]

Thank you and all best to you and the mighty Holzmann generator. :) You should ask him to check out http://hairwhip.blogspot.com at some point my attempts to write about metal.

Paul

Re: On Mr. Keillor

[nyghtowl]

You're not the first person I've heard this from. Keillor has embarrassed himself, NPR, and the entire state of Minnesota. And I don't even live there.

[tbrough]

Many years ago, I had to work an event to which Mr Keillor was the entertainmant. He was a thoroughly unpleasant, self centered, smug pile of self-righteousness, and this was in the early days of Prairie Home Companion. The only persons who were worse in the Jeckyll/Hyde personality department that I'd ever dealt with were John Denver and Dick Clark, with Harry Chapin coming in 4th. But whenever I would tell folks what an utter fraud Keillor is, no-one believed me. Judging frm this editorial, it seems he hasn't changed much since the 80's.

[ninjaslug]

I just don't know what to say. I was partially hoping that someone hacked into the Tribune's web site...

But after tbrough and jadegirl's comments, I'm sitting here with my jaw on the table.

[tootlelulu]

Didn't he come out against gay marriage a few years ago? Honestly, we haven't listened to him since.

Oh, and a Lovely Solstice to you and yours.
I always make a pentagram in the center of our wreath to keep evil spirits away during this time of year.
Cheers

[holzman]

At the time, jadegirl and I thought he was satirizing the arguments against marriage equality, but now we're enot so sure.

This is not the man who wrote Homegrown Democrat, or wrote the Lake Woebegone story about the gay man who left town, moved to NYC to become a dancer, and visited after 9/11.

[nyghtowl]

And a blessed and joyous Festivus unto you. May your grievances be tolerable.