Read my mom's response to an email about M. Obama!!

[lizzieforkerry]

My mom "replied all" to a very long list of people that got one of those emails claiming that M. Obama's college thesis "proves" she is reverse racist. This is big for my mom... :bounce:

Maureen and Tom,

Isn’t it scary to think that so many people have commented on this without actually reading the snopes.com link. I guess some people would rather believe the negative than the truth. On the www.snopes.com site, it clearly states “Much scrutiny and discussion has been focused on a single phrase contained within the thesis, the statement that ‘blacks must join in solidarity to combat a white oppressor.’ This phrase has repeatedly been quoted out of context and presented as if it reflected Michelle Obama’s own philosophy, but in its full context it is clearly her speculation about what she thought some of the respondents she surveyed for her thesis might have been feeling.” It takes a lot of time and insight to be able to wade through all the misinformation that is out there, but I feel people are hungry for the truth and hopefully that desire will be reflected on election day. If you receive any other inflammatory insinuations send them my way and I will try to get the correct information back to you. Take care.

[livetohike]

1. Thank your Mom for doing this

:-). I always "reply all" and refute the nasty things in my e-mail box too.

[Hepburn]

2. Right on, Mom!!!! n/t

[babylonsister]

3. I am impressed by your mom! She called them idiots in the nicest

way! Wish I had that tact. ;)

[John Q. Citizen]

4. That's very concise and well written. Your mom rocks!

[OneGrassRoot]

5. The latest from the wingnuts is that....

snopes is a liberal site and can't be trusted.

EVERYTHING is infiltrated with those filthy liberals now, according to Limbaugh et al. :eyes:

[damonm]

9. Their problem is...

that REALITY is liberally biased.

[icnorth]

6. If you receive...

any other inflammatory insinuations send them my way and I will try to get the correct information back to you.


Awsome response!

[sandnsea]

7. What a wonderful response, yay to mom!

I think that is called heaping coals of kindness on their head, or something like that.

[lizzieforkerry]

10. Yes, she is very passive aggressive

but she usually just deletes the emails that these relatives send. She tries to avoid conflict. She said she had had enough! They are in Florida so she figured maybe she could convince one of the other FL people on the list that this was garbage.

[flygal]

8. wow I hadn't seen that one - I thought it would be about the lobster and caviar

my mom told me about that one today. I can't believe this one though, they searched for a phrase and take it out of context. pretty low even for republicans.

[Zuiderelle]

11. Here's the snopes entry:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/thesis.asp

Much scrutiny and discussion has been focused on a single phrase contained within the thesis, the statement that "blacks must join in solidarity to combat a white oppressor." This phrase has repeatedly been quoted out of context and presented as if it reflected Michelle Obama's own philosophy, but in its full context it is clearly her speculation about what she thought some of the respondents she surveyed for her thesis (i.e., students who had attended Princeton in earlier years) might have been feeling:


As discussed earlier, most respondents were attending Princeton during the 70's, at a time when the Black Power Movement was still influencing the attitudes of many Blacks.

It is possible that Black individuals either chose to or felt pressure to come together with other Blacks on campus because of the belief that Blacks must join in solidarity to combat a White oppressor. As the few blacks in a white environment it is understandable that respondents might have felt a need to look out for one another.

[kwyjibo]

12. Awesome! I wish my mom knew to be skeptical of emails like that.

[Laelth]

13. Hats off to your mom.

It takes courage to speak the truth and call out those who spread misinformation.

:patriot:

-Laelth

[Kukesa]

14. She and I need to get together here in SW Ohio. n/t

[lizzieforkerry]

15. We should all get together!

There are so few of us down here it is a shame we don't hang out.