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I don't get all political too often, but - .
My grandfather sent me this email today - it's one of many that I receive every day, and while they never blatantly say "Republicans should Rule," they piss me off. This one sent me over the edge:
An email from Ireland to all of their brethren in the States. A point to ponder despite your political affiliation:
We, in Ireland, can't figure out why you people are even bothering to hold an election in the United States.
On one side, you had a pants wearing female lawyer, married to another lawyer who can't seem to keep his pants on, who just lost a long and heated primary against a lawyer, who goes to the wrong church, who is married to yet another lawyer, who doesn't even like the country her husband wants to run!
Now...on the other side, you have a nice old war hero whose name starts with the appropriate 'Mc' terminology, married to a good looking younger woman who owns a beer distributorship!
What in God's name are ya lads thinking over in the colonies!!!!!
So I sent an email back to him:
So ultimately, we women should shut up and get our asses back in the kitchen and make some pies for the "nice old war hero" who wants to keep killing our sons and daughters and take away every right we have while he's at it - and all because he's old, white, rich, been mentally and physically scarred in a war, married to a "good-looking younger woman" and goes to the "right" church?
*snorts* The idea that there are actually people out there who believe this kind of garbage hurts my brain. This is the kind of value system that ruins lives, the "I'm better than you and you're wrong because you're none of the things that I am or that I think you should be" belief that brings down entire civilizations, not to mention countries and ethnicities - recall here Hitler and his Holocaust.
That's not to say I'm gung-ho for tilting the world on its end and giving it a good shake; I'm not. But something has to give, we have to start somewhere...and starting where we're leaving off is not the place. Nature is change, and "same-old, same old" doesn't cut it anymore. The status quo isn't the status quo anymore, and old, white, rich, war-torn cradle-robbers have had their chance over the last eight years. Their time is - should be - up.
And just for the record? I am more than baking and children and cleaning and catering to my man. I wear pants because they're comfortable, practical and no indication at all of my worth, as a woman or as a person. I am a woman, I am just as capable as any man, and if Irish men - or any men - think the way this particular email indicates, they can all go off to war, kill each other, and leave the world to me and my other capable women.
It's funny - my grandfather and I get along just fine, and I love him insanely. But the filth he keeps spreading just drove me over the edge this time. Wonder how long till he forwards my response to my dad? XD.
EDIT: He emailed me back - and how completely typical a response: Obviously someone can't take a joke.
*LOL* I adore the fact that he didn't counter ANY of my points.
And then I had another email from him that said this: Quote for the day:
"Whatever you give a woman, she's going to multiply.
If you give her sperm, she'll give you a baby.
If you give her a house, she'll give you a home.
If you give her groceries, she'll give you a meal.
If you give her a smile, she'll give you her heart.
She multiplies and enlarges what is given to her.
So - if you give her any crap, you will receive a ton of shit.
And I had to laugh out loud, because it was mostly true...and that was exactly what I did. *hehe*
An email from Ireland to all of their brethren in the States. A point to ponder despite your political affiliation:
We, in Ireland, can't figure out why you people are even bothering to hold an election in the United States.
On one side, you had a pants wearing female lawyer, married to another lawyer who can't seem to keep his pants on, who just lost a long and heated primary against a lawyer, who goes to the wrong church, who is married to yet another lawyer, who doesn't even like the country her husband wants to run!
Now...on the other side, you have a nice old war hero whose name starts with the appropriate 'Mc' terminology, married to a good looking younger woman who owns a beer distributorship!
What in God's name are ya lads thinking over in the colonies!!!!!
So I sent an email back to him:
So ultimately, we women should shut up and get our asses back in the kitchen and make some pies for the "nice old war hero" who wants to keep killing our sons and daughters and take away every right we have while he's at it - and all because he's old, white, rich, been mentally and physically scarred in a war, married to a "good-looking younger woman" and goes to the "right" church?
*snorts* The idea that there are actually people out there who believe this kind of garbage hurts my brain. This is the kind of value system that ruins lives, the "I'm better than you and you're wrong because you're none of the things that I am or that I think you should be" belief that brings down entire civilizations, not to mention countries and ethnicities - recall here Hitler and his Holocaust.
That's not to say I'm gung-ho for tilting the world on its end and giving it a good shake; I'm not. But something has to give, we have to start somewhere...and starting where we're leaving off is not the place. Nature is change, and "same-old, same old" doesn't cut it anymore. The status quo isn't the status quo anymore, and old, white, rich, war-torn cradle-robbers have had their chance over the last eight years. Their time is - should be - up.
And just for the record? I am more than baking and children and cleaning and catering to my man. I wear pants because they're comfortable, practical and no indication at all of my worth, as a woman or as a person. I am a woman, I am just as capable as any man, and if Irish men - or any men - think the way this particular email indicates, they can all go off to war, kill each other, and leave the world to me and my other capable women.
It's funny - my grandfather and I get along just fine, and I love him insanely. But the filth he keeps spreading just drove me over the edge this time. Wonder how long till he forwards my response to my dad? XD.
EDIT: He emailed me back - and how completely typical a response: Obviously someone can't take a joke.
*LOL* I adore the fact that he didn't counter ANY of my points.
And then I had another email from him that said this: Quote for the day:
"Whatever you give a woman, she's going to multiply.
If you give her sperm, she'll give you a baby.
If you give her a house, she'll give you a home.
If you give her groceries, she'll give you a meal.
If you give her a smile, she'll give you her heart.
She multiplies and enlarges what is given to her.
So - if you give her any crap, you will receive a ton of shit.
And I had to laugh out loud, because it was mostly true...and that was exactly what I did. *hehe*
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Your reply back set the roof on fire. GOOD JOB BB!!!! I love it. And it is so true. I can't wait to see how he responds and to hear what becomes of this.
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I may have over-reacted a bit, but I just snapped. Most of the emails I get from him are about how Democrats are evil and wrong and don't know anything and ultimately the tone is always "they don't deserve to live because they're not like us."
I edited my post to show what he replied with, which was pathetic and petty: "Obviously someone can't take a joke." *rolls eyes* That's always the response of someone who just got nailed, and it totally demeans the very real, often justifiable anger of the other person. So while it pissed me off, I also backed off - you just can't argue with someone like that, they'll stick their fingers in their ears and go "La la la la, I can't hear you." *sigh*
He amused me with his next email, so I apologized for lashing out at him. But all the same - I hate that most of the emails I get from him are full of lies and distorted truths. I know he's not sexist at all, I probably shouldn't have made that last slapping paragraph - but the rest of it? I think he really believes it.
And I just can't stand idly while someone propagates oppression on a potentially huge scale.
I think I'm going around in circles here, but hopefully you catch my drift.
And you know what's REALLY funny? I have never - not once - received an email bashing any Republican. I'm sure they're out there, no one's perfect. But all the same - .
You know?
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I don't think it is very funny to joke about oppression either, especially as you said above it wasn't the first email. Also, equal bashing or poking fun at is better.
Especially the points you mentioned about the "we are better than you so die" kind of attitude. I hope our generation is the one to turn this around.
Have you ever seen American History X??? Well, it is definitely not one to watch with Mikey around (d/t the F word thrown around like candy at a parade and some ugly violence) but I think the message of the movie is completely touching and beautiful. I am going to netflix it right now because it is that good.
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Uck. I hate that. I have an uncle who spams me with braindead political emails and I'm embarrassed to share some genes with him.
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