Shock. Dismay. Etcetera...

Filed under ways to get attention... Tweak a political group. :)

Apparently the ADL thinks I'm an 'obscure' incipient terrorist.

Their words from a paper they released are:
"Frequently used is language often attributed to Ed Howdershelt, an obscure individual who self-publishes science fiction novels on the Internet: "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use them in that order."

See it here:
http://www.adl.org/extremism/Anti-Government-Extremism-Report.pdf

Hm. Not obscure enough, I guess, if they noticed me. :)

I stopped by their website to leave a note of my own:
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Thanks for the plug, guys, but one minor correction, please; the word 'obscure' is inappropriate.
Google me sometime. Visit the online bookstores.
'Obscure', I am not, and the use of belittling terms of description does not necessarily alter facts to fit your views.

Now you've apparently become a bunch of hypersensitive left-wing sensationalists more concerned with expansion and self-aggrandizement than truly defending anything or anyone.

While the words of mine you quoted were truly mine, others have said very similar things.
Look beyond your own upturned noses occasionally.
Ed
Ed Howdershelt - Abintra Press
Science Fiction & Semi-Fiction
http://www.AbintraPress.com
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Think they'll bother to actually check me out?
Could we all make use of hypersensitive political groups to garner attention for our works? :)
Ed



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