OT. Rant
I'm very upset. I've mailed for quite a few years to an American woman that
I knew from my chicken group. We got on pretty well. Last year she forwarded me a mail that I considered to be racist, but it was only a few hours before I was due to fly to visit my German friend, so I mailed a disapproving reply and said I'd like to discuss it with her when I got back. I never did. A few weeks ago she started to forward me pro-Bush mails. Well, I'm sorry, but he seems to be a bit shall we say intellectually challenged, so I said so. But now, she is sending what seems to some sort of fundamental Christian mails to me. Extremely racist, homophobic and right wing. I have challenged her on every mail and she just got cross and said I was a stupid liberal. There is more, but I won't bore you with it. I just won't have her tell me that she refuses to let anyone into America and if so they must speak English. For G's sake. If she was true to her word she ought to speak Native American. It isn't her country, after all. I told her I don't want to have a friend who thinks like this. She told me she doesn't want to have a friend that is ineducable about what is going on in America. It will be painful for me to fall out with her, but I cannot tolerate a racist and bigot. She thinks she is right, and I think I am right. I can't see that being a racist and a bigot is right in any country. She quotes the Bible at me. I told her that I didn't think God was a bigot. This is hard for me. We have been friends, and we are falling out about Bush. That was the first thing. I'll never compromise about the other racism and homophobic stuff. It might be the end of our friendship. Tweed |
"Christina Websell" wrote in message ... I'm very upset. I've mailed for quite a few years to an American woman that I knew from my chicken group. We got on pretty well. Last year she forwarded me a mail that I considered to be racist, but it was only a few hours before I was due to fly to visit my German friend, so I mailed a disapproving reply and said I'd like to discuss it with her when I got back. I never did. A few weeks ago she started to forward me pro-Bush mails. Well, I'm sorry, but he seems to be a bit shall we say intellectually challenged, so I said so. But now, she is sending what seems to some sort of fundamental Christian mails to me. Extremely racist, homophobic and right wing. I have challenged her on every mail and she just got cross and said I was a stupid liberal. There is more, but I won't bore you with it. I just won't have her tell me that she refuses to let anyone into America and if so they must speak English. For G's sake. If she was true to her word she ought to speak Native American. It isn't her country, after all. I told her I don't want to have a friend who thinks like this. She told me she doesn't want to have a friend that is ineducable about what is going on in America. It will be painful for me to fall out with her, but I cannot tolerate a racist and bigot. She thinks she is right, and I think I am right. I can't see that being a racist and a bigot is right in any country. She quotes the Bible at me. I told her that I didn't think God was a bigot. This is hard for me. We have been friends, and we are falling out about Bush. That was the first thing. I'll never compromise about the other racism and homophobic stuff. It might be the end of our friendship. Tweed Any friendship has boundaries. Your former friend doesn't recognize that. But it is very easy to block email from someone you do not wish to hear from. I'd recommend it. Jo |
"Christina Websell" wrote in message ... I'm very upset. I've mailed for quite a few years to an American woman that I knew from my chicken group. We got on pretty well. Last year she forwarded me a mail that I considered to be racist, but it was only a few hours before I was due to fly to visit my German friend, so I mailed a disapproving reply and said I'd like to discuss it with her when I got back. I never did. A few weeks ago she started to forward me pro-Bush mails. Well, I'm sorry, but he seems to be a bit shall we say intellectually challenged, so I said so. But now, she is sending what seems to some sort of fundamental Christian mails to me. Extremely racist, homophobic and right wing. I have challenged her on every mail and she just got cross and said I was a stupid liberal. There is more, but I won't bore you with it. I just won't have her tell me that she refuses to let anyone into America and if so they must speak English. For G's sake. If she was true to her word she ought to speak Native American. It isn't her country, after all. I told her I don't want to have a friend who thinks like this. She told me she doesn't want to have a friend that is ineducable about what is going on in America. It will be painful for me to fall out with her, but I cannot tolerate a racist and bigot. She thinks she is right, and I think I am right. I can't see that being a racist and a bigot is right in any country. She quotes the Bible at me. I told her that I didn't think God was a bigot. This is hard for me. We have been friends, and we are falling out about Bush. That was the first thing. I'll never compromise about the other racism and homophobic stuff. It might be the end of our friendship. Tweed Any friendship has boundaries. Your former friend doesn't recognize that. But it is very easy to block email from someone you do not wish to hear from. I'd recommend it. Jo |
Christina Websell wrote:
It will be painful for me to fall out with her, but I cannot tolerate a racist and bigot. She thinks she is right, and I think I am right. Racism and bigotry are never right. Never. They have always been used as an excuse to opress the minority (and sometimes even a weak majority) by those in power. I just told Tom that if his sister and her husband voted for the anti-gay ammendment in their state's election, then they are not welcome in our house. I'm sorry, but if you find my relationship so repugnant, that you would vote to inscribe discrimination in your state's constitution, then I do not want to welcome you into my house. As an aside, the bible has been used throughout history to justify and defend many horrible things, from the crusades to slavery in the US and the oppresion of women. -- Victor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
Christina Websell wrote:
It will be painful for me to fall out with her, but I cannot tolerate a racist and bigot. She thinks she is right, and I think I am right. Racism and bigotry are never right. Never. They have always been used as an excuse to opress the minority (and sometimes even a weak majority) by those in power. I just told Tom that if his sister and her husband voted for the anti-gay ammendment in their state's election, then they are not welcome in our house. I'm sorry, but if you find my relationship so repugnant, that you would vote to inscribe discrimination in your state's constitution, then I do not want to welcome you into my house. As an aside, the bible has been used throughout history to justify and defend many horrible things, from the crusades to slavery in the US and the oppresion of women. -- Victor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
It might be the end of our friendship.
Tweed Very sorry to hear that! I know how painful it can be to have to dissolve a friendship, especially a long-term one. But I can certainly understand your point. I'd even be able to understand it if I didn't seriously dislike Bush and bigotry and narrow-minded fundamentalism, all of which I do. |
It might be the end of our friendship.
Tweed Very sorry to hear that! I know how painful it can be to have to dissolve a friendship, especially a long-term one. But I can certainly understand your point. I'd even be able to understand it if I didn't seriously dislike Bush and bigotry and narrow-minded fundamentalism, all of which I do. |
I'm really sorry to hear this, Tweed. You have to decide for yourself
what to do. I'm afraid I'd send one last email explaining my stand and why I couldn't tolerate that sort of thing. Then unless she stopped trying to "convert" me, I'd block her email. I know it would hurt to do that, but it may be the only solution. ((((((((((Tweed)))))))))))) Joy "Christina Websell" wrote in message ... I'm very upset. I've mailed for quite a few years to an American woman that I knew from my chicken group. We got on pretty well. Last year she forwarded me a mail that I considered to be racist, but it was only a few hours before I was due to fly to visit my German friend, so I mailed a disapproving reply and said I'd like to discuss it with her when I got back. I never did. A few weeks ago she started to forward me pro-Bush mails. Well, I'm sorry, but he seems to be a bit shall we say intellectually challenged, so I said so. But now, she is sending what seems to some sort of fundamental Christian mails to me. Extremely racist, homophobic and right wing. I have challenged her on every mail and she just got cross and said I was a stupid liberal. There is more, but I won't bore you with it. I just won't have her tell me that she refuses to let anyone into America and if so they must speak English. For G's sake. If she was true to her word she ought to speak Native American. It isn't her country, after all. I told her I don't want to have a friend who thinks like this. She told me she doesn't want to have a friend that is ineducable about what is going on in America. It will be painful for me to fall out with her, but I cannot tolerate a racist and bigot. She thinks she is right, and I think I am right. I can't see that being a racist and a bigot is right in any country. She quotes the Bible at me. I told her that I didn't think God was a bigot. This is hard for me. We have been friends, and we are falling out about Bush. That was the first thing. I'll never compromise about the other racism and homophobic stuff. It might be the end of our friendship. Tweed |
I'm really sorry to hear this, Tweed. You have to decide for yourself
what to do. I'm afraid I'd send one last email explaining my stand and why I couldn't tolerate that sort of thing. Then unless she stopped trying to "convert" me, I'd block her email. I know it would hurt to do that, but it may be the only solution. ((((((((((Tweed)))))))))))) Joy "Christina Websell" wrote in message ... I'm very upset. I've mailed for quite a few years to an American woman that I knew from my chicken group. We got on pretty well. Last year she forwarded me a mail that I considered to be racist, but it was only a few hours before I was due to fly to visit my German friend, so I mailed a disapproving reply and said I'd like to discuss it with her when I got back. I never did. A few weeks ago she started to forward me pro-Bush mails. Well, I'm sorry, but he seems to be a bit shall we say intellectually challenged, so I said so. But now, she is sending what seems to some sort of fundamental Christian mails to me. Extremely racist, homophobic and right wing. I have challenged her on every mail and she just got cross and said I was a stupid liberal. There is more, but I won't bore you with it. I just won't have her tell me that she refuses to let anyone into America and if so they must speak English. For G's sake. If she was true to her word she ought to speak Native American. It isn't her country, after all. I told her I don't want to have a friend who thinks like this. She told me she doesn't want to have a friend that is ineducable about what is going on in America. It will be painful for me to fall out with her, but I cannot tolerate a racist and bigot. She thinks she is right, and I think I am right. I can't see that being a racist and a bigot is right in any country. She quotes the Bible at me. I told her that I didn't think God was a bigot. This is hard for me. We have been friends, and we are falling out about Bush. That was the first thing. I'll never compromise about the other racism and homophobic stuff. It might be the end of our friendship. Tweed |
"Victor Martinez" wrote in message
... Christina Websell wrote: It will be painful for me to fall out with her, but I cannot tolerate a racist and bigot. She thinks she is right, and I think I am right. Racism and bigotry are never right. Never. They have always been used as an excuse to opress the minority (and sometimes even a weak majority) by those in power. I just told Tom that if his sister and her husband voted for the anti-gay ammendment in their state's election, then they are not welcome in our house. I'm sorry, but if you find my relationship so repugnant, that you would vote to inscribe discrimination in your state's constitution, then I do not want to welcome you into my house. As an aside, the bible has been used throughout history to justify and defend many horrible things, from the crusades to slavery in the US and the oppresion of women. -- Victor Martinez It's really had to have such bigotry in your own family, or its equivalent. You're right about the Bible. It can be, and has been, used to prove and/or justify just about everything. :-( Joy |
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