Dear Editor,
I feel compelled to write a response to Paul Fromm, a 鈥渘otorious white supremacist鈥� who says I am a disgrace. I am proud of the work I do with veterans on a daily basis. I have great respect for their sacrifices. 聽As for his judgment, I will leave the next generation to write the history of my actions, not create a work of fiction, which is obviously a specialty of Monika Schaefer and Fromm.
A quick Google search, which Fromm suggests we all should do, quickly reveals Schaefer鈥檚 and Fromm鈥檚 beliefs and supporters鈥搘hite supremacists and anti-Semites. Is this not enough of a reason to worry or fear? 聽Fromm or Schaefer do not have the right to tell us how we should feel about the hatred they peddle. They do have the right to free expression, but not the right to the public incitement of hatred. In the criminal code of Canada, 319 (2) the wilful promotion of hatred (2) everyone who, by communicating statements, other than private conversation, willfully promotes hatred against any identifiable group.
As for my motivation, I think the German Pastor Martin Niemoller said it best:
First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out鈥�
Because I am not a Socialist.
Then they came for the trade Unionists, and I did not speak out鈥�
Because I am not a trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out鈥�
Because I am not a Jew.
Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak out.
I am Atheist, Jewish, Muslim, and Christian. 聽I am black, white, Asian and Aboriginal. 聽I am gay and straight. I am Canadian. I am humanity and I will speak out.
Ken Kuzminski
