In the editorial 'Looking Outward on the Fourth', you state concerned interest for preaching freedom and liberty throughout the globe. Then why not preach-and practice-it on your own pages? The New York Times has consistently presented purveyors of individual freedom, such as gun and tobacco libertarians, in words and nuances that are ultra-biased, denigrating, and disgraceful. While I commend your dignified coverage relating to issues such as the death penalty and the 'war on terror', your distinct and undisguiseable animosity, and often downright hatred, toward gun owners, smokers, and those who simply defend such parties, is one of the supremely unsettling aspects of America's march toward a police state.
Thomas Jefferson, the personal embodiment of the fourth of July, created a libertarian legacy that you, Michael Bloomberg, 'health fascists' and many others are actively destroying with impunity. A song from 30 years ago implies that "The New York Times will pay for that". Sooner or later you will pay for your unbridled disregard for beliefs and ideals contrary to your own. As Martin Niemoller said in the darkest of nights, unless and until we protect everyone's liberties and humanity, from the unborn to the eldest, we'll all ultimately be destroyed, one-by-one.
Gary Dean Thomas
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