The son of a drug counselor turned alleged drug dealer says his dad was only trying to help pay for his kid’s education.Reader Little Smitty responds to Today in Irony: Robert Henry Smith, Rainier Beach High School Drug Prevention Counselor, Indicted on Drug Charges. Warning: Today’s highlighted comment comes in the always nauseating All-Caps format.”SMITTY IS A DAMN GOOD MAN THATS MY DAD. PEOPLE CALL HIM A DEALER AND A BAD MAN BUT HE HAS TAKEN CARE OF ME SINCE I WAS 2 AND THATS NOT MY BIRTHFATHER BUT ITS MY DAD AND I ONLY KNOW HIM AS A DEDICATED PROVIDER. wHY NOT TALK ABOUT HOW HE TRYNA RAISE MONEY SO HIS SON CAN GO TO COLLEGE? OR HOW HE NOT ONLY TAKES CARE OF ME AND MY MOM…” “BUT HIS MOM TOO NOT TO MENTION FAMILY AND FRIENDS THAT I HAVE SEEN AT MY HOUSE SMILING IN MY DADS FACE BECAUSE THEY KNOW OUT OF ALL PEOPLE HES GONNA COME THROUGH. iF YOU WRITE ARTICLES DONT JUST GO ON WAT YOU THINK… I KNOW HIM LIKE THE BACK OF MY HAND AND IM BEHIND HIM ALL THE WAY>>>LOVE YOU DAD HOPE 2 C U SOOM”
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