February 27, 2006
Anti-Unrepentant E-Mail
I managed to get a quite interesting email the other day. It seems some random leftist woman found this blog, and was quite appalled by the unrepentant individualism she came across. She fired off a scathing email to me, largely based on my first post, The Dumb American. I’ll leave the exercise to the reader as to what made dear Sara head straight for a post with that title!
Given that I don’t receive much hate mail, this calls for a good fisking!
I don’t know how I found your site. But I’m glad to have found it.
Just so I can understand others’ thinking, I suppose.
I just read your essay about the dumb American.
Do you not see the irony of your own comments?
Irony? Nope. I guess I’m blind.
First you assail terrorists for not wanting to join the world community, and then you abuse John Kerry because he DID want the US to join the world community.
If you’ll recall, Bush didn’t exactly get a mandate from many other countries in the UN to go storm into Iraq. But he took us anyway. How is that joining the world community?
John Kerry wants the US to forfeit our own sovereignty to “the world community”. The terrorists want to make the “world community” bow before their wishes, and live by their rules.
As for Bush & Iraq, I’d call the desire to spread freedom and democracy throughout the world to be a little more noble than the desire to spread subservience to Islam, which is the goal of the terrorists.
They are interested in nothing less than converting the entire world to fundamental Islam, and by whatever means necessary.
They are?
Hmm. Let’s see. Between the US and arab nations, which one’s predominant religion is in a position to try and convert the other?I don’t see a lot of Muslim missionaries out here at my mall trying to drum up business, but I sure do see Christians all over the world spreading their message. But I do see our Christian President trying to spread the word of democracy where it clearly isnt wanted.
Nope. You don’t see muslim “missionaries”. If the muslims employed missionaries, who tried to convince others to follow their path, there wouldn’t be an argument. But the Muslims aren’t interested in “convincing” others. They will spread their religion through the sword. You remember the stories of Christianity in the dark days of the Crusades and the Inquisition? That’s the stage of religion that Osama and his ilk are in.
Oh, and I’d have to say that it’s not exactly the average person in the Arab world who is anti-democracy, as much as it’s the ruling elite trying desperately to retain their power.
The only reason we went to war was oil. End of story. Oh wait, and the money that Bush and co. could give to their govt. contractor buddies.
Can’t forget that.
Yep. Freedom and democracy and the idea of stopping genocide had nothing to do with it. Much like the days of Clinton in Bosnia, Somalia, etc? All of a sudden when America’s strategic interests (oil) also happen to be at stake, advancing freedom and democracy, and stopping a mass murderer from filling more mass graves is a Bad Thing™. Is oil part of the reason we’re in Iraq and not in, say, Darfur? Probably. But that’s the funny thing. Oil-rich countries have the funds to finance terrorism, and that makes them a little more dangerous than countries without.
LOL. Trying to convert us?
Is that what they tell you down south? Is that the stuff they ed-u-cate you with on Sunday?
Ahh, bigotry against those south of the Mason-Dixon, and against Christians. Not like I feel the need to justify myself, but I should point out that I’ve lived in the South for less than 4% of my life, and I’m an atheist. Try again.
They want us out of their country.
So they can continue oppressing their own people.
They want our noses out of their business.
So they can continue oppressing their own people.
They want Israel to go away.
Let’s call it what it is. They want to kill every Jew in the world and drive Israel into the sea. And you’re defending this?
It can’t be much plainer than that.
You’re right. The terrorists state their goals quite plainly. And I’m not willing to live with those goals. I don’t take kindly to people wanting to kill me and destroy my freedom, in order to replace it with submission to Allah. Maybe that’s just me. I also don’t take kindly to people wanting to take my freedom and force me into submission to “the common good”, but that’s a different issue.
Bush understands “dick”.
His handlers know all.
Cute. Did you have a point? I always find it funny how Bush is an Evil Genius™, and yet at the same time he’s not actually in control, and it’s Cheney and Rumsfeld pulling his strings.
I believe that forcing a person, through taxation, to help their fellow man removes all virtue from the act.
and yet….
I believe that we should try very hard to include and convince the world to share our burdens and our goals.
So, the world should follow, but as long as YOU don’t have to follow the rules, it’s ok?
Way to take things out of context. Before my first statement, I say that I believe in helping others. I would do so even if I weren’t forced to help others through taxation. Second, I don’t say that the world “must be forced to follow”, I say that we should try to include them and convince them to follow. Do you not see the difference between forcing compliance with what you think is right and trying to convince others to support the goals you think are right? I think the world should follow, but I don’t think America has a right to force them into it. Likewise, I believe strongly in charity and helping my fellow man, but I don’t think this country has a right to force such behavior. Perhaps this is a little too “nuanced” for a Kerry supporter, but it seems ideologically consistent to me.
I believe that all corporate welfare should be ended. So should all antitrust laws.
Well, we agree on the first point.
Antitrust should be struck down??
Do you believe that because corporate America is well known for being ‘good citizens’?
No, I don’t think corporate America is known for being “good citizens”, but I think there are effective market mechanisms for punishing inefficient monopolies. Granted, I’ll bet we’re both all for punishing fraud, I just don’t think we should punish success for its own sake.
Ugh. I dont have any more time for this.
You and me both…
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Get used to it.
The best one I ever got insisted that my blog “obviously has a Republican slant.”
Yeah, obviously…
â€Ahh, bigotry against those south of the Mason-Dixon, and against Christians.â€
She does have a point, ya know…all southerners are backward, fundamentalist hicks with no “ed-u-cation†to speak of. Boy, she’s perceptive.
I’m just happy to find out that enough people read my blog to send me this crap! And this one is at least based upon my politics, unlike the guy who called me names because I hate Notre Dame
Muslim missionaries? There aren’t any? How do all these black people born and named Tyrone Weaver become Muhamed so and so? Somebody is converting them.
I just love spreading democracy and freedom by bombing the crap out of those who aren’t of that persuasion. Very libertarian philosophy – initiating aggression, coercion, and bombs and torture.
Funny, isn’t it, how those on the left can’t grasp the difference between free will and force.