Racism

Imagine my shock and horror when I opened an email from a friend today that was a FW-which I rarely open, except this one said something like, "you won't believe this guy", or "check out this guy," and since it was bright and early, before-caffeine-kicks-in, animalistic mode, I fell for it. ;)

Thoughts of some incredibly hot guy pics, or feats, or some stupid guy story (yes, they are out there), quickly vanished when I clicked on it and scrolled down through a very lengthy list of where the email had been.

It was an incredibly racist, prejudice attack on Barack Obama, with Biblical analogies. I don't care to repost any of it here to give it further energy, but I was stunned.

I was going to forward it on to the Obama campaign, but I am too impatient for their lengthy page to load, and think they are already aware of this. I think I remember reading something about it a few months ago, but the idea that anyone would continue to circulate it is frightening.

The email obviously had Christian right wing origins. I always get confused as to how anyone that bothered to read the teachings of Christ could be so racist and bigoted. *shudders*