ACTION NEEDED to Educate a Syndicated Columnist
Amy Dickinson is a newspaper columnist who writes the syndicated advice column Ask Amy. She has also appeared as a social commentator on ABC’ s Good Morning America and NBC’s The Today Show.
Ms. Dickinson recently made some disturbing comments in her column:
- “Failure to register as a convicted sex offender is a serious crime in every state.”
- Anyone on the registry who fails to register is arrogant or irresponsible.
- Implies that having a romantic relationship with anyone on the registry is a mistake.
Yes, there are some dangerous people on the registry, but Ms. Dickinson is unaware that this subgroup is in the minority. We need to educate her in a cordial manner that the majority of people with a past sex offense are law-abiding citizens. She needs to hear from a LOT of us so that she will hopefully make a retraction soon in her column.
Ms. Dickinson can be reached at: [email protected] and Twitter@askingamy.
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With Sarah’s approval I will add her to my Phase 3 list.
Absolutely!
FAC, personally, I wouldn’t waste my time on educating her. She is one of those types that figuratively thumb their noses at our families without any regard for us or our well being. We are without worth in her eyes. Her attitude has been cemented in concrete.
I’m just sad that this woman went to the wrong person for advice. She should be a part of a support group within our community. Sad that so many in our population don’t know that there is support and community out there… so many live isolated like this person.
FAC
I Know In The Past That You Have Provided A Quasi-Template/Structure To Responding To These Types of Misunderstandings By The Journalistic Community At Large…
If You Could Provide Some Talking Points That Could Be Followed…
Obviously…Empirical Data Must the First Thing and then the ‘Stranger Danger’ Mentalities That Exist and The Fact That There are over 90K Children on The Hit Lists! ETC!
Amy will be added to the 14-part FAC Media Blitz mailing during phase 3. It is a project designed to educate ‘characters’ who sit in all forms of authority and influence. I have thus far gotten positive responses from individuals who could be considered ‘hard core’…with positive responses.
Sometimes when a columnist dispenses advice in an area you happen to know a lot about, that columnist can be revealed to be a bullshit artist (profanity intended).
I used to be a fan of Ask Amy. Now I feel like I see right through her.
Amy please redeem yourself!
(Not to worry, I will try to be more respectful in any correspondence with her. I am just blowing off steam here).
It’s syndicated and therefore can be found in multiple links from about a week ago. Someone’s experiencing a rift in her family for being engaged to a registrant who is now in jail for failing to update his address. Amy’s response as follows:
Dear C: Failure to register as a convicted sex offender is a serious crime in every state.
Obviously, the people who are closest to you are worried about you. Not only are you engaged to a convicted sex offender – but, even if he was unjustly accused and convicted, he is too arrogant, or irresponsible, to register.
This is why they can’t be happy for you.
Now that your fiancé is behind bars, you will need your friends and family to be in your corner. Please, accept the fact that they cannot endorse this situation. Do your best to rebuild the relationships that have suffered.
I’ve sent her corrective emails in the past to try to educate this Karen. She’s a waste of time, so I didn’t bother trying to educate her, I just ridiculed her instead. Some folks, like Amy, can’t be cured from terminal stupidity.