Seriously, Masterson?

I quote one paragraph of the essay Mike Masterson chose to run in his Nov. 3 online column as an example of something perfectly stated regarding the terrifying “caravan” of immigrants that people like him want to believe is some Democratic Party conspiracy.

“Some people in the caravan are drug smugglers, terrorists, or human traffickers. Many are likely guilty of sexually abusing the women in the caravan. Some of the strong men of military age may just be looking for work, but some may be soldiers in an invading army. How do we know? The rest are probably hostages and human shields, likely duped by false promises, a front group exploited to capture sympathy.”

Look at the assertions, speculations, and sheer nonsense in that paragraph: “are drug smugglers, terrorists, or human traffickers” (which the author knows … how?). But descending from assertions to speculations: “Many are likely,” “some may be,” “the rest are probably,” “likely duped.”

Come on, Mike. Give us some Fox-style “people are saying” to go along with your mendacious boosh-wah. (I cleaned that up for a family newspaper.)

Anyone who doesn’t spot such obvious fearmongering and propagandizing is willfully trying not to see what a total scam is being run on the American people by the conman-in-chief and his accomplices.

Has Mike Masterson lost his mind? Or just his soul?

KEVIN DUKE

Wynne