Wrong website, lady
A lady going by the name of “Angela” sent a message to me via the Committee to Protect Bloggers website contact form. Not only does she not know how to turn off caps-lock, she confused the committee website with Wikileaks and, I guess, me with Julian Assange. I’m flattered, but his hair is way better than mine.
Date and Time: Monday 26th July 2010 18:43:37
IP address: 96.243.197.224 (pool-96-243-197-224.tampfl.fios.verizon.net)
Message: HEY JULIAN — I HOPE YOU ARE PROUD OF YOURSELF. FOR SOMEONE WITH SUCH A BIG MOUTH, YOU ARE PRETTY SLICK IN HIDING YOURSELF. IN MY OPINION, YOU ARE AN ASSHOLE. YOU DON’T CONSIDER OUR BOYS FIGHTING FOR US. NO MATTER WHAT THE COST, YOU HAVE TO FORCE YOUR WAY OF THINKING ON THE WHOLE WORLD. IN MY OPINION, YOU ARE NOTHING BUT A CANDY ASS–JERK OFF. GET A LIFE AND DO SOMETHING WORTHWHILE INSTEAD OF COSTING SOLDIERS THEIR LIVES. YOU ARE A REAL COWARD FOR HIDING. WHY NOT EXPOSE YOURSELF AND YOUR LOCATION TO DEBATE–IT FIGURES WHY YOU ARE HIDING — JUST LOOK IN THE MIRROR.
92,000 documents showing in detail how the U.S. brutally “pushes its opinion” on the world and this is what she comes up with?
It’s absolutely deplorable that this country treats ideology and intellectual debate the way it does. But: we owe to this its ironies. Its tolerance. Its decision not to take too seriously what in other countries have proved fatal challenges. It is my conviction that had the infinite rhetorical genius of Adolf Hitler been tested on Hyde Park Corner, people would have said, ‘Ah, come off it,’ and walked away.
Priceless :-)