I like FaceBook. I really, really do, but sometimes, well... sometimes I get some of the craziest messages. Each week, my inbox gets stuffed with everything from nice, normal, "Hi, how ya doing, A.J.?!" notes (which I love, BTW), to marriage proposals (interesting and flattering, but impossible), to sexual propositions (eeew), to spam, and finally, to crazy hate mail. For instance, I just read THE most ridiculously offensive hate mail from someone who *requested* to be on my "Friends List." Please, allow me to re-post this bigoted, small-minded diatribe, and let us all get a good laugh from the illiterate drivel! LOL
From Justin Engel**** in B.C.
30 May
"A.J.
Hey A.J. I understand you are very liberbal but why must you consume foods from foriegn countries too prove your political correctness. I understand you are in a wheel chair but you also need to understand some of us american kids with disabilities have adopted a more Eurpean method of living despite the fact that we were products of Ronald Reagan and his electronic money like credit cards, and electronic cash. Reagan understood people like myself."
Then, several weeks later, after I ignored him, he sent this into the void:
19 June
"Married to a black guy hey. I'm sorry did your parents discriminate against black folk. I am glad I wasn't raised that way and maintain my cultural identity as a christian who dates other chritians. Thats the new fetish with you women "You are VERY LIBERAL, and date a black guy that is straight out of GREEN MILE". On a proving ground that you are liberal and free thinking. Let me know if he knocks you up and leaves you with the kids."
Since I have no desire to write directly to this loser right now, I thought it would be better to respond to the world: after all, I have nothing to hide.
Let's hit this point for point:
1) "why must you consume foods from foriegn countries too prove your political correctness" Ummm...wha-? I'm not sure how eating yummy things and trying various foods to expand my grazing repertoire proves anything other than I like to eat. How does stuffing my face with awesomeness make me "liberbal"??? LOL
2) "I understand you are in a wheel chair but you also need to understand some of us american kids with disabilities have adopted a more Eurpean method of living despite the fact that we were products of Ronald Reagan..." *sigh* All right... PLEASE can SOMEONE tell me how ANY of this sounds "Eurpean"??? The last time I checked -- and maybe I'm wrong here -- Europe is comprised of many countries of varying and diverse cuisines and foodstuffs...things like ummmm.... snails, offal, and raw meat. LOL I'm just sayin'. ;)
3) "...despite the fact that we were products of Ronald Reagan and his electronic money like credit cards, and electronic cash. Reagan understood people like myself" Really? Did President Reagan really understand completely incomprehensible morons?? It's such a shame that there aren't more people like President Reagan to translate for people like me. What a tragedy. (BTW: what does "electronic cash" have ANYthing to do with food, "liberbal"ism, or disability?!?!? LMAO)
4) "I'm sorry did your parents discriminate against black folk." Is this a question, statement, apology, interrogative, or what??? I almost want to write to this dude and ask, but yeah, I think that wouldn't go too well. LOL Anyway, the answer (I think) is a resounding NO, and that's why I decide how feel about people based on things like, ummmmm, personality, intelligence, skills, interests, humour, and all that silly stuff, rather than the really important things like race, race, race, and RACE! LMAO And, P.S. I don't think it's OK to refer to persons of African descent as, "black folk," any longer. As an additional FYI, they are also now allowed to use the same water fountain as you, Justin. Darn that Civil Rights Movement! ;) (/EXTREME sarcasm)
5) "I am glad I wasn't raised that way and maintain my cultural identity as a christian who dates other chritians." First thing: "Cultural Identity" = White Supremacist = Neo-Nazi = Nut Second thing: I'm pretty sure there are African American Christians, or "chritians," as you put it. Third thing: Neither of us are Christian, so that's moot. Fourth thing: I'm guessing you're one of those "people" (read: nuts) who believes that interracial marriage is against the Bible. Thank you. Seriously, from all of us who are working for full marriage equality for same-sex couples, THANK YOU! Because, for years same-sex marriage opponents have been stating that the gay marriage debate is TOTALLY different from the interracial marriage debate because, according to them (now), in the Bible, nothing is said about mixed-race marriage, whereas sexual diversity is expressly forbidden. Well, you sir, have just given our side even more credence. Thanks! (NB: Contrary to the current rewriting of history, religion was used in the case against interracial marriage. Check out the book, Almighty God Created the Races by Fay Botham.)
6) "Thats the new fetish with you women" Love? Umm, yeah, I guess we women have gotten kinda turned on by that whole wacky, "love who makes your heart happy," thing, and have totally fetishized it. That, and kissing other girls. ;)
7) "'You are VERY LIBERAL, and date a black guy that is straight out of GREEN MILE".' First thing: How is this a direct quote? Does Justin E., originally of Washington State, know what quotation marks are? Or how and why they're used? I'm sorry to say it, but South Delta Secondary School needs to audit their English department. Immediately. Anyway... Second thing: I wasn't aware I was dating any guys; perhaps I should tell my husband of 11 years that I'm dating some guy. He'll probably be pretty hurt. Third thing: "GREEN MILE"??? Really? Wow, I know he's cute and all, but do you REALLY think my hubby looks like Tom Hanks, Justin E.??? It's funny, but I never noticed the resemblance before now...
8) "On a proving ground that you are liberal and free thinking. Let me know if he knocks you up and leaves you with the kids." Actually, I don't need to *prove* I'm liberal or free thinking, simply because I don't write racist, Neo-Nazi drivel like this. And, for the record, we have no children. We're proudly a Child-Free household, and will always stay that way. It is medically impossible for us to conceive, and I don't think one can "accidentally" adopt a child after a crazy night of drinking too much Champagne, so I don't foresee that ever changing. We do, however, have a cat that we rescued, but I think if we ever got divorced, I'd demand full custody of the cat. And alimony, Cat Care (versus Child Care), the house, and a lifetime supply of foreign foods to prove my political correctness.
Oh, and some of that "electronic cash." ;)
Sincerely,
A.J.
"liberbal" Extraordinaire
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