There is little doubt that the Greenfield Recorder is a left-favoring publication. Those who have been readers for any length of time may have observed this editorial direction over the years. Despite this shift, some long-time readers still subscribe; I am one — but potentially not for long.
In the Sept. 19 opinion section, which I usually glance at and then ignore (I’ve come to think of it as the “Karen’s” page), a column by writer Alan Harris caught my eye [“The sanctimonious hypocrisy of Charlie Kirk“]. I recognize Harris among the more prolific contributors and ordinarily I skip past him and others whose pieces read like the manifestos of self-righteous sanctimonious attention seekers preaching to their own choir. But the title of his latest column struck me as both hypocritical and infuriating.
In this vitriolic submission, Mr. Harris spews extremist propaganda, engaging in the pure character assassination of a young man who bore none of the traits he ascribes. Individuals of far greater prominence than the writer have been held accountable for their egregious, disrespectful and erroneous statements about Charlie Kirk.
Charlie Kirk was first and foremost a husband, father, a human being — and he was murdered by a coward radicalized by extremist ideologies. If this country is to learn anything from his assassination, it is that we must ignore and cancel those who spread extremist radicalization. Shame on the Recorder — do better.
David Powell
Northfield