Your thoughts about Steve's essay

[Lily Sawyer]

I think that destination for the proceeds should have been up-front.

The entity to whom all proceeds would go, minus Amazon's fees, hadn't been determined at the time that the essay was first publicized. Once it was determined, any entity representing Mr. King was indeed upfront about where the profits would go.

Since your investigation into where the proceeds would go was a cursory one at best, you've no right to complain. You could have chosen to wait until the name of the proceeds recipient was made public. Instead, you chose to go ahead and buy the essay before you were sure of any profit recipient.

And I’ve concluded that Stephen King...is a bigot. King...indicates a...thinly-veiled hatred of Christianity.

Hardly. You, along with every member of this message board, have no idea whether Mr. King hates Christianity or not. I doubt highly that a King hatred of anything religious would stop the overwhelming majority of his Constant Readers from continuing to read his works. Even if he does loathe and despise Christianity, what does it matter?
You're only now coming to this conclusion about Mr. King? I find it interesting that an essay regarding the use of guns in the U.S. is evidence enough for you and not any of his previous writings, written or recorded interviews, or recorded lectures and/or appearances.

Today, it is fashionable to marginalize those who hold religion a part of their daily lives.

So you're implying Mr. King jumped on the Hip & Trendy Bandwagon with his essay? Since when has Mr. King *ever* performed such an amazing feat? Not to marginalize the man himself, but he ain't exactly Justin Bieber, a Gangnam choreographer, a hybrid engineer working for GM, organic food matter, a Starbucks grande, the latest incarnation of Explorer, or a series regular on The Big Bang Theory. All he did was express an opinion, not a theorem on how cool he is or wants to be.

"clinging to their guns and religion” as that ****head in the White House phrased it before he was elected

Boo hoo. Your guy didn't win, did he? P.S. That "****head in the White House" was re-elected, so get used to the fact that there are many in the U.S. who do not share your perception of him.

And yet it is unfortunate that so many have minimized King’s bigotry.

That's because there is none to minimize.

That King gets a free-pass on his lack of “diversity” is a rather sad and unfortunate state of affairs.

Mother Abigail?
Duddits?
Ralph Roberts?
Speedy Parker?

It is incredible that some take comfort from some of the same ideas prevalent in Nazi Germany

I beg your pardon. I take great offense at that statement.

I’ve seen Lanza’s mother characterized as a “gun nut” here on the board.

That's because she *was* a "gun nut". The woman owned five registered weapons including a Glock and a Bushmaster rifle.

King writes, “semi-automatics have only two purposes. One is so owners can take them to the shooting range once in awhile, yell yeehaw, and get all horny at the rapid fire and the burning vapor spurting from the end of the barrel. Their other use--their only other use--is to kill people.” This is what passes for acceptable discourse in our world today, marginalizing 80 million gun owners with words like this.

I didn't realize that guns were more than merely weapons used to kill people or animals. Do you think a gun might help me change the oil in my car? Mow the lawn? Drive my child to school?

In Nazi Justiz: Law of the Holocaust, Richard Lawrence Miller outlined the 5-step process of genocide.

One person's interpretation of what appears to be an explanation of how society is duped into abetting nefarious plots for genocide. And since you claim that Mr. King has taken the first step of identifying a target group, can you also explain why he'd self-identify, given that he is a gun owner himself?

Judging by recent editorials, we can expect to see more targeting and ostracizing. Are you comfortable with that?

I'm comfortable with having the Second Amendment repealed altogether and allowing arms only for those in law enforcement and the military.

...those who don’t “feel a qualm of regret at throwing a blanket over the truth is an ******* with no conscience.” His [Stephen King's] words. And they apply.

...to you. Congratulations, Wally....you've just proved Mr. King's point beyond any doubt.