Entitled Is it ignorance, evil, mental illness. . . or all three?
Regarding claims in a recent forwarded email that Obama is a radical Muslim who will not pledge allegience to the flag and was sworn into office with the Koran, the author states these allegations are confirmed on Snopes.
Check it again:
http://www.snopes.com/...
The creator of these claims should be deeply ashamed, or if he is incapable of shame, should be scorned by all who encounter his email containing the false and inflamatory accusations.
Those who forwarded it to friends and family should alert them that it is wrong, and that they regret having passed such
Even though Obama is NOT my candidate of choice, I am sickened by the mean-spiritedness of this attack on his character. I will preserve this as a powerful example of free spech which violates both Christian values and American ideals, and which paradoxically must be tolerated to preserve Constitutional freedoms.
This was in response to the email that has been vilified on DKos over the last couple of days.
My more immediate response, focussed on the ridiculous claim that Obama doesn't pledge allegience, included the following:
Really? Check out these photos:
Hmmm. . . feigned allegience?
Another fake?
Perhaps, unlike Dubya, he hasn't the stomach for it.
While Obama is not my candidate of choice, I would see his personal understanding of Islam as a valuable characteristic in leading our country to defuse the Islamic hatred we've provoked upon ourselves.
To oppose a candidate because of his/her possible Islamic background is positively unAmerican.