HREI Director: Ignore KKKandidacy

Thomas Carter of the Human Rights Education Institute wrote the following: “I am trying to look at the recent events with understanding. If a card carrying KKK member runs for sheriff then this is an event that should and does receive national coverage with the press? Realistically, we all know, including the candidate, that there is no way that he will ever be elected and this is a stunt to get attention. And now his campaign continues to receive national press, which in turn makes Idaho appear to be a center of Aryan and white supremacist activity. In reflecting on the recent events that have been nationally publicized, I feel compelled to share one of the most relevant and compelling quotes I have ever heard regarding this type of extreme activity. Tony Stewart, Kootenai County Human Rights Task Force, recently commented, “If you have a group of actors who are getting ready for a play and those actors rehearse each day and on opening day when the curtain opens they have no audience, then they don’t have a play.” Stewart went on to explain how this analogy is effective for dealing with people like Shaun Winkler.” More here. (Coeur d’Alene Press online photo)

Question: Should the media simply ignore the candidacy of Ku Klux Klan member Shaun Winkler for Bonner County sheriff?