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2008-05-07 Fifth Column

Stephen King Reemphasizes His Dumbassery

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Posted by Anonymoose 2008-05-07 09:47|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Here in Oregon Lars Larson, radio personality, played his remarks all afternoon yesterday and promoted discontinuing to finance this clown by not purchasing his books in the future...to which the critics responded mostly by saying 'if he apologizes, I'll forgive him' and 'he's a writer, I'll have to give him a pass'.
That doesn't sound like an apology, and certainly isn't the creative response I would expect from a writer such as King.
He sounds like an elitist liberal with disdain for the military.
King books & movies are banned material in our household from now on and an apology later won't matter.

Posted by Ike 2008-05-07 10:04|| 2008-05-07 10:04|| Front Page Top

#2 King has always been a nut-job. I haven't read his books for years since they all pretty much suck now.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2008-05-07 10:07|| 2008-05-07 10:07|| Front Page Top

#3 I was a big fan up through Pet Sematary, but I think King would have a hard time writing his way out of a paper bag these days.

Posted by Scooter McGruder 2008-05-07 11:32|| 2008-05-07 11:32|| Front Page Top

#4 Step back and consider the brainwashing that occurs to those that choose NPR as their news source. We should pity Stephen King and others that once were free thinkers and now balk at the mere suggestion that there might be alternative points of view to consider.

Very sad. I've never read his books but I've heard good things about them. Especially his prison ones (Green Mile, Shawshank).

Posted by rjschwarz 2008-05-07 12:02|| 2008-05-07 12:02|| Front Page Top

#5 Yeah, well I didn't understand your stupid-ass book Talisman, so I guess firefighters have zero creativity huh - just spray water and drink beer eh?

And as I said yesterday, then who does he have in charge of making his crummy books into craphole movies? After reading the book, the only thing scary about Monkey Shines, supposed one of his best works, was that on the cover next to an evil toy monkey deal was the price I had paid.

As I understand nobody question his patriotism - lord knows after The Mist and The Stand (the stories, not the craphole movies) we could see where that is at - what he did was say that millions of Americans are not as smart as he is - is he trying to make Jonah Goldberg's case? If someone does not do or think like him they must be stupid or crazy; Harry T. Stone should find him guilty hubristic and elitist behavior. May a giant space turtle barf up on this toothless clown.

Posted by swksvolFF 2008-05-07 12:14|| 2008-05-07 12:14|| Front Page Top

#6 So...think Stevie Boy could run a Patriot missile battery? Change the tread on an M1 tank?

Posted by tu3031 2008-05-07 12:15|| 2008-05-07 12:15|| Front Page Top

#7 It's been all downhill since 'Salem's Lot.

Posted by Mike 2008-05-07 12:35|| 2008-05-07 12:35|| Front Page Top

#8 I just remembered the sympathy I had for the guy when he got hit & run a few years back (emphasis on 'had').
Maybe someone knew then what we know now.

Posted by Ike 2008-05-07 14:30|| 2008-05-07 14:30|| Front Page Top

#9 Love the word "Dumbassery"; it is so descriptive.

Posted by JohnQC 2008-05-07 20:08|| 2008-05-07 20:08|| Front Page Top

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