ARGH!!!! Those dreaded email forwards I get daily from my Dad...they cover a wide range of subjects, i.e. anti-Obama, religious, pro-Islamophobia, pro-Hispaniphobia, narrow minded, pro-war, some tea party-like stuff, etc. Many contain misinformation.
For some reason people believe that if it comes in their email it must be true especially if it references Snopes. They don't bother going to Snopes independently of the email to read exactly what, if anything, the site has to say about the subject. Sometimes it merely confirms that the person who wrote whatever the email claims was written but fails to confirm, dispute or discredit the topic/facts.
I know that some day I will actually miss getting these emails from Dad but so help me I could just scream when he and my stepmother pass this garbage along.
When I see him this weekend I know the proposed Islamic Center in lower Manahattan will come up. As will the topic of immigration. I have 2 things to say in reponse to those topics:
1 -- I will ask my Dad "What if the 9-11 terrorists had been Roman Catholic?"
2 -- I will remind him and my stepmother that their ancestors who came to this country pre-Mayflower or on the Mayflower can be considered invaders or illegal immigrants. Think about it...exactly what gave them the right to move here and just take over forcing out the Native Americans who were sovereign nations with governments? Any nobody better give me that "Well you have to remember what the times were then..." crap.
OK, I can hear Shelia now - "Honey, you've had too much caffeine and it's way to early in the morning for your brain to be switched on in this manner..."
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