The following letter was published in this week’s issue of the Gazette.
To the editor:
To the editor:
Hate has no home in Croton, but it has offers out on a few properties and should be in contract shortly.
In the Gazette (week of August 2-8) we have one Croton resident upset about ShopRite’s speaking before the Board of Trustees; the resident says “You have to use a club with these people.”
Two other Croton residents were angry that someone spoke out against racist flyers. Normally this would not be controversial, but the speaker against racism was Terrence Murphy and hence this was an outrage to our community.
My favorite Gazette quote of the year was from the Croton resident who objected to Mr. Murphy’s statement against hatred and online posting of a “Hate Has No Home” sign: the resident concluded without irony: “Croton has no room for hate is right, and therefore, Croton has no room for Murphy.”
Another Croton resident, who is the leading exponent of the idea that the Village is festering with hatred, recently praised the masses who put up “Hate Has No Home” lawn signs. The resident expressed “Thanks to those who have taken their own private action to fight hatred.”
This very same Croton beacon of love authored an infamous tirade in April of last year. While the contents are not printable in this newspaper, part of the statement reads: “I ****ing HATE THEM… I ****ing hate their ****ing guts.”
Not only was there no outrage in Croton over this expression of hatred, there was considerable support for the resident and that person is now a Trustee of the Village of Croton-on-Hudson.
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I saw that diatribe. The neighbor who didn't have a problem with it has a sign. She just doesn't get it, but her husband does, and has apologized profusely.
ReplyDeleteToxic. Another very good letter. Let's hope someone is listening.
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