Nothing illustrates the collective cognitive dissonance of the citizens of Wingnuttistan quite so eloquently as the e-mails they share amongst themselves. You know the ones. You probably get them too.
This one has been around for a while, at least since 2003, says Snopes. But what good dittohead can resist hitting the Forward to All button when their prejudices are so mightily reinforced by the likes of this:
Joe Arpaio, the tough-guy sheriff who created the tent city and long ago started making his prisoners wear pink, is not sympathetic. He said Wednesday that he told the inmates: "It's 120 degrees in Iraq and the soldiers are living in tents and they didn't commit any crimes, so shut your mouths."
While this screed is unusual in the sense that it's true, and not cut out of whole cloth (with pinking shears), what is very unusual today is that someone on the receiving end actually stopped to "think" and to write some independent commentary and analysis, and use that other button, "Reply to All." But don't get your hopes up. In fact, prepare to be appalled.
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