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# The demon lies within
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/the-demon-lies-within-editor/
- Published: 2005-05-16T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T07:09:56.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import, Homeless

*By Tom Kenney Los Angeles*

David Pisarra’s article on the separation of church and state was filled with nothing but racist stereotypes and typical leftist ideology (SMDP, May 10, page 6). He blames our founding fathers for “not going far enough” to keep church and state apart. It’s too bad for him that Karl Marx didn’t write the constitution.

He demonizes Christianity for things that are done by people who claim to be Christian. Using that same logic, I can say that a black person is a thief, murderer and rapist because I can turn on the 10 o’clock news and see a hundred examples every day. Then I can generalize all black people based on that. That is how racism starts.

It is rooted in the leftism that cannot see the individual, and it is that thought process that led to the horrors of Communism. They also believed that religion divided people, therefore, you won’t be allowed to have religion... or else. Adolf Hitler, Josef Stalin, Chairman Mao were all Ultra-Leftists.

Typical leftist, David Pisarra also demonizes family values. Another example of Ultra-Leftism as with Pol Pot’s Cambodia where the children could not refer to their parents as Mom or Dad, only comrade. Have you ever seen a homeless person on the street and thought, “Where are their family?” To a leftist, the state is their family and is responsible for their care. Who is the baby’s father? Who cares, just get an abortion.

Leftism is the real threat to this country.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on May 16, 2005.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/051605.pdf?ref=smdp.com)