Reply #4: I"ve got an uncle who sends this crap around [View All]

[Bake]

He broadcasts it to a list of his "friends." On MLK Day he sent around a really vicious one, that most of you have seen, about "Things You Probably Didn't Know About MLK." That one just really burned my ass, and I responded -- to everybody on his list. I told him he was a racist and a redneck, and more importantly, just plain ignorant and mean, and that he was doing absolutely NOTHING to promote race relations or civil discourse or political debate in this country and that he ought to be ashamed of himself! I told him that if he was going to keep sending that kind of BULLSHIT around, to please take me off his list.

I got back a self-righteous reply from Uncle, saying that he was NOT A REDNECK (although he didn't explicitly deny being a racist!). Then he said he had personally devoted hours to Habitat for Humanity, etc., to help "those people." (DUH!)

Unfortunately, I'm still on his list.

By the way, quite a few of his "friends" replied to me to tell me how much they appreciated my comments and agreed with me.

Bake