Stephen King Responds

Stephen King, in responding to the negative reaction after he channeled John Kerry, says the following:

That a right-wing-blog would impugn my patriotism because I said children should learn to read, and could get better jobs by doing so, is beneath contempt.

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I guess he feels ignorance and illiteracy are OK when the country needs cannon-fodder.

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I don’t support either the war or educational policies that limit the options of young men and women to any one career—military or otherwise.

He ain't gettin' it.

(h/t baldilocks)

Hey, Stevie boy, I managed to score a 133 on the GT portion of the military ASVAB test. I got yer ignorance and illiteracy right here.