My sister is a very active Democrat, with very liberal views, including a healthy hatred of ignorance-based right-wing bigotry. Our parents, sadly, are not this way. My father's wife, who seems like a relatively intelligent woman, forwarded my sister some crap meme email that's going around among the illiberal chain email circuit -- some horseshit about Obama being the anti-christ or something, based on the book of Revelations.
Normally getting a dimwitted forward from your dad's wife isn't something to get steamed about. We just delete and move on. But, the fact that Dad's Wife should thouroughly understand my sister's views about this presidential race, and yet forwarded the mail anyway, is beyond thoughtless.
Sis crafted a wonderful (and withering!) response. This is the real deal, right here...
Update: as pointed out in comments, Snopes has this covered. Not that that matters to those who forward crap like this.
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