And the complaints come in
So far three complaints about the Kramer column. The one listed here, and two on the phone. One woman complained bitterly that it was not a good thing to skewer one particular segment of the population, making the ever-popular argument that if you inserted blacks, Jews or some ethnic group where hippies are mentioned the column would have been rejected. Then she goes on to say that she actually agrees with the column's comments about how annoying (especially in the personal exposure department) the hippies can be.
Another caller called the column "spewing hate," and objected to its placement on Page 1, the forum page would have been all right.
Both felt it unfairly tainted the Sundays in the Park events.
Well, I guess I knew we'd get reaction.
Interesting that commenters expressed outrage that what they saw as nothing but negativity would make the front page.
I featured it on Page 1 first because I thought readers would notice something new there - mission accomplished I guess - and second because I thought it was pretty funny and might lighten things up on Page 1.
Comments
I missed the article, but a few of my friends commented that they thought it was hilarious and an accurate reason why they don't go to the concerts in the park.
Posted by: Julie Finnegan | August 6, 2007 08:42 PM
Dear K.C.
Your posting states, "So far three complaints about the Kramer column. The one listed here, and..."
I wondered if my comment sent Monday morning was "the one listed here?"
I was not able to find it anywhere on the blog or in the comments...????
V. Warda
Posted by: valerie warda | August 6, 2007 11:15 PM
I in NO WAY see that this was a good way to "lighten things up on Page 1", as you said, and it was certainly not funny. My thought is, this was deliberately placed there to cause some sort of uproar, and you know what, it obviously has. This disgusts me.
The Kramer column offended me, and I am not someone who would be “labeled” a hippie. How can something so hurtful to so many members of this community who support the Ukiah Daily Journal be placed on the front page for the entire world to see? Answer me that.
Did he go around and interview other “guests” at the concert to get their opinions before he said that all of these “hippies” were “unwanted non-guests”? Where are his facts to back this up? He is completely stating a personal opinion as an opinion of the entire population. Sorry my friend, had you asked me, a faithful Sundays in the Park go-er, you would have found that I feel it’s a great way for everyone to get out and mingle, whether you choose to like each other or not.
And furthermore, he says that they flock to anything that they find out is “free”, is he not himself attending this FREE CONCERT? Did he not state that he has attended MANY of these free concerts?
How could this have made it to page one of the “community” newspaper when in reality, it should most likely have never ran in this newspaper at all, it really makes me wonder where the level of intelligence is at that establishment.
Posted by: Amanda Palmer | August 7, 2007 01:48 PM