Some of you may have read my diary from yesterday about a particularly idiotic email that I received from a relative regarding Don't Ask Don't Tell. Well, a reply was sent, and "reply all" was used. Not by me, but a person on the list named Becky. I'm not sure if Becky is a Daily Kos reader or not, but she's one of us for sure.
Please read her response below the fold. Way to go Becky! I am glad that someone responded. I have yet to craft a response, but I think Becky will hopefully at least get him thinking with her email.
dave this reply isnt just meant for you but for everyone that you sent this to. just a warning, if you are a little kid closedminded or offended by an openmind free thinking liberal read no more. i am only responding b/c this is offensive.
1st your email just really shocked me. i know you typically sent out political emails but i just iggy them because they are just misguided. i havent read something this ignorent or hateful in a long time! you make it sound like gay people have no self control and will jump all over any straight guy they see. hello? seriously? gays are already in the military they just have to deny who they are. they wont molest - did you seiously use that word - as you say. many str8 army guys harras or rape women in the military all the time.
2nd seriously you think gays will give guys AIDS? do you realize that many people have AIDS? you dont have to be gay. Oh yeah and you dont catch it so easily.
3rd bathhouse? what do you know about bathhouses? seriously if a guy wants to have sex he wont join the military to do it. do you think any gay guy is going to be sitting there thinking man i really want to have sex alot i better join the military. no way. if he wants sex he will go to a club or online hookup website. not the military. if he chose to join the military its because he wants to serve his country.
4th and you dont think str8 guys wouldnt do this
5th and you dont think str8 guys wouldnt do this to? seriously
i hope this didnt come across to you in a bad way. i kno i babysat your kids when i was in high school and i still enjoy the emails you send me with their pics while im away in college. i just never thought you would sit and right something like that to me. to the reply all crowd if you are reading this email i do not know you. do not judge me. i just want to clear the air and correct some ignorance. do you know anyone gay?
keep an open mind dave. remember when i was home for holiday break and i had two guys with me? guess what? they are gay lovers. yes. the two guys you referred to as "looking like a personal trainer" and "the perfect soldier". gay gay gay. well guess what? not all gay guys conform to what you think they do. they can be manly too if they want to be. one is a personal trainer at school and as you know one of them is a soldier. he has gone to iraq three times. not once did he molest or anything like your email says. i showed him your email and he just laughed. he told me in iraq he never once become aroused at the site of naked soldiers and he never once tried to have sex with anybody. i just dont know where you get this stuff. seriously get to kno at least 1 gay person and you will see they are not what fox news tells you they are. oh and on the health care email you sent me last week... poo poo. there are many working people who cant aford it.
~ becky
anyway tell the kids i said hi