Something I Said?
I’m sure that some of you have seen or read about the controversy of the “Please Speak English” sign at a Philly cheesesteak shop. Over at MetaFilter, I posted my two cents about the issue, siding with the owner of the shop by stating: Private enterprise. Free speech. His business, his livelihood. To me, it’s strictly a matter of free enterprise and free speech.
But my two cents enraged someone named “Rich” who sent me the following e-mail:
I understand you’re a racist white asshole, but do you really mean to imply that nobody is allowed to complain about racism? That said, it’s your life, so feel free to be a crazy, asshole,
death-worshipping, anti-christian, right-wing asshole, who basically lives his entire life as the opposite of Jesus.Your life. Your right to be an unChristian racist fuck.
DIAF. HAND.
Wow. Quite a rant, eh? Let’s break it down:
I am not racist. I am white. I don’t think most people consider me an “asshole.” I’m not crazy. I am certainly not “death-worshipping.” I am anti-Christian, in the sense that I am an atheist. I am not a “fuck.” I do veer towards the right-wing. I do live my life as the “opposite of Jesus,” in the sense that I do not preach altruism or worship invisible pink unicorns.
Oh, and I’m not sure what the “DIAF HAND” reference means.
But overall, I think that “Rich” proves, once again, that the true intolerant racists generally tend to be left-wing liberals. His e-mail is filled with so much hatred and venom that I am sure that he is progressive weenie, puffed up with so much pride about how enlightened and tolerant he is, all the while spewing venom at anyone with views different than his.
March 21st, 2008 at 9:19 pm
DIAF = Die in a fire, an acronym which is all the rage among the Fark crowd. That could be construed as a threat, if you want something to laugh over.
As to your tirade about “left wing liberals” and “progressives”, well that’s just a load of horsesh*t, idn’t it? You’re taking a rant from an Internet jerk who you know nothing about as ‘proof of a bias *you* have, Dave. There was nothing in that email that shows Rich to be racist, just as there was nothing in your comment that was racist. He’s just another MetaFilter idiot. Simply put, Rich’s problem doesn’t appear to be race or anything else grandiose, his problem just appears to be *you*. That’s a pretty hollow foundation for painting such a broad swath over a bunch of good people.