Yesterday, in the mail, I got a letter from a relative, basically regurgitating negative stuff about Barack Obama that has circulated on the Internet. Mostly, it is stuff about Islam and world terrorism and such. Nothing positive about his opponent.
WWJD? Is it really worth the stamp? Honestly, you can send that to my e-mail box, so I can just delete it. No need to waste the paper. We do like the relative, so there isn't any hard feelings or anything. However, lots of people misunderstand free speech. It doesn't mean that you can say whatever you want. It means that the government can't prosecute you for speaking out against it. Sigh...
My wife challenged me to write a rebuttal letter of some sort. I did write up a little something a while back, when my mom-in-law asked my thoughts on Obama and being black, and government expereience and such. It was a pretty good discussion.
I'm really torn about how propaganda influences peoples vote though. The Electoral College does plenty to negate individual influence anyway, but lots of people are voting on complete misinformation. It makes me sad.
If I bother to refute the letter, I'll probably post it up on the "blog of doom" right here.
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