Re-blogged:
FROM HUMAN DRAMA TO FICTION
Posted by rezinate
on October 19,
2014
Indiegogo and other such
fundraising entities have gained popularity and I’ve been thinking since
Peltier and ILPDC are always soliciting donations and made the decision
to go that route they might consider adding a belated inducement in their next
attempt.
And no I don’t mean a
bumper sticker or anything so mundane, what I had in mind was an arrangement
linking the release of Peltier’s parole board hearing transcripts and
disciplinary records to the fundraiser.
As Peltier has staunchly
refused to sign off granting permission it would surely cause a stir – sort
of a pay to play. Pony up five bucks or so and see what’s behind door
number three.
Think of the support it
could garner if all things are as Peltier says.
Ask yourself if Nelson
Mandela, someone ILPDC and Peltier like to egregiously draw comparisons to,
would of had the ability to control such things would he have refused
publicizing them?
I kind of doubt that as
Mandela was truly a man of the people, and inspite of all that went before, all
the greivences, went to great lengths to promote reconciliation and a national
healing upon his release.
I think Mandela grew as a
person during the time of his imprisonment, a testament to who he was, who he
became, the same can’t be said of Peltier who remains as morally stunted and
lacking of integrity as he has been for his entire adult life.
Ask yourself if that is a
course Gandhi would have chosen, who likewise sought reconciliation and healing
in the aftermath of the struggle for independence and human rights?
The Indiegogo campaign
had a goal of $175,000 – it closed earlier this month having received a little
more than $35,000, far short of what was desired but with assurances that all
money would be used as declared as the options dwindle.
To me the failure to
reach the goal is yet another indication that as time has passed the Peltier
myth has begun to curdle like sour milk – too many unanswered questions, too
many contradictions, and too much coming to light.
People have begun to ask
themselves if a man would stick a gun in a woman’s mouth to interrogate and
threaten her would he be capable of cold blooded murder? If a man routinely
caught in lies during interviews is even capable of telling the truth?
If either speak to the
spirit of Crazy Horse?
It won’t end with this
latest of failed campaigns, there will be others asserting the same claims,
advancing the same “talking points” while avoiding those seen as burdens,
threats to the cause, and the understanding that if the well is tainted people
won’t drink from it – that you can lead the public horse to water but cannot
make them drink.
Ongoing reorganizations,
internal purges, new faces and old better left alone faces brought in have
failed miserably, as has the steady flow of missives from Peltier in the search
to find the right words, the right buttons to push.
The final chapter is
being written in a book of pretense, and upon completion it will be relocated
from human drama to the fiction section where it should have been assigned in
the first place.
If Peltier is as pure as
the driven snow and so routinely victimized as he and they claim I can see no
reason why he wouldn’t agree.
Something wrong when an
“innocent” man won’t willingly do so out of respect for those who have
advocated for him without the need to attempt a monetary inducement.
So what do you say
Peltier – what’s the asking price, or is there no amount of money sufficient to
run the risk?
Perhaps the money could
be dedicated to your children or grandchildren, something tangible you could
leave them in lieu of a cobbled together myth and decades of lies.
Or maybe to our youth you
claim to be so concerned with and want to “mentor”, perhaps even the
environment as you attempt to associate yourself with issues you believe will
resonate.
Being incarcerated comes
with obvious restrictions, signing a release form isn’t one of them.
"In the Spirit of Coler and Williams"
