I hate to use the term liar; however, adhering to the dictionary definition, no other word can be used to describe Joseph Sabino Mistick’s column ”Georgia’s assault on democracy” (April 3, TribLIVE). Although I quit reading his column years ago, the headline caught my eye and demands a response.
It begins, “Of all the low-down dirty deeds you can do to anyone, denying them a drink of water when they are thirsty is among the lowest and dirtiest.” He is talking about denying voters waiting in line to vote a simple drink of water. He lies. Water can be provided, however, not with the compliments of one running for office; that is electioneering and against the law in all states.
Mistick has the mentality of a typical progressive — the truth be damned. He claims Georgia’s law is an assault on democracy. It is not. It is a law that protects election integrity and expands voting rights. I assume he knows this. Progressives constantly engage in this type of journalism, and President Trump rightly called them fake news.
It’s this kind of journalism that is chiefly responsible for the demise of America as we know it. Freedom of the press was given a prominent place in our Constitution to be an antidote against the formation of a tyrannical government. It failed because the press itself is corrupt.
Mistick needs to read the Georgia law and then issue an honest reassessment of his opinion.
Rudolph Puchan
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