Comments on: Re: Letter of Michael Cannariato/Reload Fox/Jan. 12-18, 2011 http://rockrivertimes.com/2011/02/23/re-letter-of-michael-cannariatoreload-foxjan-12-18-2011/ The Rock River Times - THE VOICE OF THE COMMUNITY SINCE 1993 Fri, 24 May 2013 02:20:13 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Michael Cannariato http://rockrivertimes.com/2011/02/23/re-letter-of-michael-cannariatoreload-foxjan-12-18-2011/comment-page-1/#comment-2129 Michael Cannariato Wed, 02 Mar 2011 23:43:02 +0000 http://rockrivertimes.com/?p=29063#comment-2129 Since the paper printed this misrepresentation of my guest column, and none of your editors replied, I feel I ought to be given the opportunity to do so. Here it is. To Ms. High, self-proclaimed “ follower of Jesus”, who referred to Him as the “Jew Civil Rights Activist”, an interesting description of Jesus; although, I’d respectfully suggest, He was more than that if He was that at all. Since you pigeon-holed the Son of Man, I’m not as offended you cast false and limiting aspersions at me, a mere advocate for His message. You condemn me for being “mean-spirited “, then laud Sarah Palin, who consistently is mean spirited to the President and even his wife. You accuse me of “preaching hatred” towards Ms.Palin, FOX Noise, and the Tea Party. Not true. In my column, I encouraged them and all others to respond to the Tucson murders with less violent rhetoric after I clearly stated, TWICE, that Jared Loughner was the only one responsible for that tragedy. You either need to sharpen up on your reading comprehension, or you purposely misrepresented what I said. Either way, you falsely characterized the message. You call your self a “ follower of Jesus”, but your letter suggests you also worship at the altar of Sarah Palin, and FOX Noise, and the Tea party. Be careful. Remember His Father’s first commandment : “I am the Lord thy God, thou shalt not have strange gods before Me.” You accuse me of being Godless, and “writing propaganda like Communists . . . sprout(ing) . . . seeds of hatred and ignorance . . .” and that “ignorance is not bliss.” I trust you realize that your letter filled with misdirected resentment, misjudgment, and anger towards me will not bring us Christians bliss, either. Now that I have explained your misinterpretation of my guest column, I hope I have diffused all that negativity you directed at me. When you revisit Jesus’ words, you will again be clearly reminded that those feelings are less than Christian - and can never result in true bliss. We Christians all need to try harder to live by what Jesus says. You challenge me to “prove my false allegations” right after you fill your letter with false allegations about who I am and what I said. Nevertheless, I, as a Christian, Ms. High, forgive you. Michael Cannariato Since the paper printed this misrepresentation of my guest column, and none of your editors replied, I feel I ought to be given the opportunity to do so. Here it is.

To Ms. High, self-proclaimed “ follower of Jesus”, who referred to Him as the “Jew Civil Rights Activist”, an interesting description of Jesus; although, I’d respectfully suggest, He was more than that if He was that at all. Since you pigeon-holed the Son of Man, I’m not as offended you cast false and limiting aspersions at me, a mere advocate for His message.

You condemn me for being “mean-spirited “, then laud Sarah Palin, who consistently is mean spirited to the President and even his wife. You accuse me of “preaching hatred” towards Ms.Palin, FOX Noise, and the Tea Party. Not true. In my column, I encouraged them and all others to respond to the Tucson murders with less violent rhetoric after I clearly stated, TWICE, that Jared Loughner was the only one responsible for that tragedy. You either need to sharpen up on your reading comprehension, or you purposely misrepresented what I said. Either way, you falsely characterized the message.

You call your self a “ follower of Jesus”, but your letter suggests you also worship at the altar of Sarah Palin, and FOX Noise, and the Tea party.
Be careful. Remember His Father’s first commandment :
“I am the Lord thy God, thou shalt not have strange gods before Me.”

You accuse me of being Godless, and “writing propaganda like Communists . . . sprout(ing) . . . seeds of hatred and ignorance . . .” and that “ignorance is not bliss.” I trust you realize that your letter filled with misdirected resentment, misjudgment, and anger towards me will not bring us Christians bliss, either. Now that I have explained your misinterpretation of my guest column, I hope I have diffused all that negativity you directed at me. When you revisit Jesus’ words, you will again be clearly reminded that those feelings are less than Christian – and can never result in true bliss.

We Christians all need to try harder to live by what Jesus says.

You challenge me to “prove my false allegations” right after you fill your letter with false allegations about who I am and what I said.

Nevertheless, I, as a Christian, Ms. High, forgive you.

Michael Cannariato

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