Open Letter response: Racist Obama email circulating
I had to respond to this email. It made me so angry that such lies and racist
remarks get passed around so carelessly. People don't think that forwarding
a simple email could possibly be harmful. Well, these falsehoods are making
their way to other people and they are changing people's voting plans.
This is just _one example_ of where people have believed this Internet filth:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/02/ohio-voter-on-60-minutes_n_89476.html
There is _real harm_ from forwarding falsehoods on the Internet. Stop them before
they destroy anyone else's life or reputation.
And for Allah's sake, do some freaking research before forwarding crap!!!
= My response:
This is one of the most outrageous, racist (against Obama and blacks) and
patently false emails I have seen in a while. It is roundly debunked on
every level. And it only takes a couple seconds to check Snopes and even
Google!
Refuse to be part of any swiftboat-style smear campaign based on lies and
racist propaganda such as this.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/church.asp
http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/muslim.asp
http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_barack_obama_muslim.htm
"no evidence supports a claim that Obama is currently, or ever has been, a
Muslim (radical or otherwise)"
-Jason
ORIGINAL, DESPICABLE, UNTRUE CHAIN EMAIL:
Obama mentioned his church during his appearance with Oprah. It's the
Obama's church:
Please read and go to this church's website and read what is written there. I checked the church website and what I found is very alarming.
Barack Obama is a member of this church and is running for President of the U.S. If you look at the first page of their website, you will learn that this congregation has a non-negotiable commitment to