Don't make him angry ... (image via illiterarty)
We wouldn't really want to piss off Stephen King because of his productive powers at writing horror stories about lonely New England towns as well as the fact that his lower right leg is held together with pins after he was hit by a van. But that hasn't stopped the right blogosphere from going on the attack. From WCSH6:
"Maine horror writer Stephen King is coming under attack from conservatives over a comment he made more than a month ago.
"The comment was similar to one that got former presidential candidate John Kerry in a lot of political trouble.
"King spoke before Washington, D.C. area high school students at a writing symposium at the Library of Congress on April 4th. In the discussion, King started talking about the importance of learning to read.
"'I don't want to sound like an ad, a public service ad on TV, but the fact is if you can read, you can walk into a job later on,' said King. 'If you don't, then you've got, the army, Iraq, I don't know, something like that. It's not as bright. So, that's my little commercial for that.'
"The comment went unnoticed for weeks, until C-Span began airing the symposium recently as part of its 'Book-TV' series.
"Conservative bloggers jumped on the comment, saying King had no business belittling the intelligence of people who join the military, much less in a time of war."
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