The Highest Common Denominator

By Kleinheider Posted on June 16, 2008 at 8:50 am

Chris Sanders notes Gail Kerr’s strident editorial against Eric Crafton’s English First:

Here’s the truth, y’all. Crafton is appealing to the lowest common denominator to get his name in the paper. If anyone thinks this referendum is going to stop illegal border crossings, he or she is truly naive.

This law is not necessary. It is cruel. It is unconstitutional. And it is racist.

Sanders mentions that Kerr does not “mince words” in the column. Certainly true. But might she thought about it?  I understand elite opinion in Nashville hardly blinked an eye while reading this column and I realize a column is different that a news article or even an editorial but would as dismissive a column appear in the Tennessean over any other issue about any other politician?

“Councilman Crapton”? Again, I’m sure those words have been spoken but what was the point of printing them? The column reads more like a furiously written blog post than a carefully considered, edited and vetted column, does it not?

We can certainly argue about what kind of fear and ignorance motivate folks to wish that there government only dealt with folks in English but if one wants to see an example of hate one seems like they would only have to read Gail Kerr’s column on Eric Crafton.

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Grand Divisions
The City Paper editorial

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