"Dear Editor:
I have resisted writing because I do not want to give any legitimacy whatsoever to the hate blog that Norman Alderman has spawned. It has reached a point, however, where I feel I must speak out and encourage others to critically evaluate what they read. Alderman publishes half-truths, sensationalized information and misleads unsuspecting readers. I don't routinely read the trash, but occasionally people will urge me to look for myself.
The post that prompted my response is "The Secret Meeting." Stinkwell Tater (one of Alderman's alias names) has said he is trying to find out who was in attendance at a secret meeting at the Pretty Penny on the Friday before the Republican meeting in Hillsboro. I suppose he is talking about the well-publicized meeting held at the Pretty Penny on Tuesday, April 24. The April 19 Times published an invitation for all to attend "a conversation with the sheriff."
It was well attended and was a success, with many people asking questions and getting answers. The lies Alderman has printed includes that it was a "secret meeting" of Jonese's "thugs," and that it was intended to "plot" against a Republican magistrate candidate.
For those of you who attended the open, public meeting, how do you like being called "thugs?" Do you remember anyone plotting against a magistrate candidate?
It is clear that Alderman has an intense dislike for the sheriff and this loathing stems from Alderman's arrest for stalking and harassing a county commissioner. It also seems he did not learn anything from his arrest and time spent in jail. I feel he uses his blog to continuously bully, stalk and harass people in our county. If you get on his bad side, God help you, because your name will likely show up on the blog accompanied by anything he can print to make you look bad whether it is true or not. The really hilarious thing to me is that Alderman apparently believes himself to be a reporter.
I don't know what has happened to our society that we allow such trash to be disseminated.
For years Alderman has printed racist comments about my husband, myself and my children. My husband has been called "Chief Run-A-Muck," my daughters and I called "squaws" and my son a "brave." A recent anonymous poster on the site referred to my family as a "tribe."
In the correct context, these same words associated with Native Americans are not offensive. From my perspective it is clear, however, that Alderman uses these words with hate and hostility and their use is intended to be derogatory.
My family is very proud of our Native American heritage. His racist comments are especially hurtful as we have just had the first anniversary of the passing of the proud and wonderful man who gave us our American Indian heritage, Joseph Jonese. My father-in-law was a full-blooded Shoshone Indian. He served our country in the Army for 21 years and then served our county for 18 years as PCHS custodian, and was for many years the mascot for our mighty Warriors sports team.
Those of you who knew Joe, knew how very proud he was to be Indian, and how much he did to instill pride and spirit at PCHS. It sickens me that someone like Alderman is allowed to make openly racist comments about such a proud heritage.
We are not the only people he attacks. Daily posts on his blog target people he dislikes for whatever reason. The only reason I can think of as to why people do not stand up to him is because they do not want to appear on his site. In my opinion, he is a bully, a coward and fails to speak the complete truth, hiding in the shadows of the Internet. He will spew nasty comments on his blog, but when seen in public he hides behind his camera or tucks his tail and runs. It is truly a sad affair when a so-called "preacher" demonstrates this type of behavior and leaves his disgusting hate blog as a legacy. He hides behind his claim to being a man of the cloth, but honestly, I don't see how anyone with any amount of sanity could listen to him, much less support him.
I encourage anyone who reads the blog or hears about what is being said on the blog to carefully read and distinguish between what is fact and what may be fiction.
Cheryl Jonese "
http://www.pocahontastimes.com/column/letters-to-the-editor/2012/05/24/letters-to-the-editor
