Liberator, please!
December 30th, 2007 2:56 pm by Kelly GarbatoPity the poor Pastafarian, whose heathen inbox is bombarded daily with conservative spam chain mail, sent by a goading right wing father, an assortment of Born Again relatives, and +/-10,000 obnoxious fundie Freecyclers!* The mass forwards have become so massive – and so massively annoying – that your featherhead has started to respond with her own snarky commentary. In order to share the lolz (and because My Right Wing Dad hasn’t yet reprinted a different forward I forwarded them), behold my new red state spam series, kiss my right buttock.
So named because this is exactly what you should tell the next fuckwit who dares intrude on your secular-liberal-progressive space with such bigoted, sexist, racist, xenophobic, godbagging garbage. Right after debunking their paranoid neocon rants, of course. Most likely with a simple link to Snopes.com. (Saucy sweet FSM, it’s like they’ve never heard of teh Google!) Copied to every other mofo address that received the fucktardery, for extra embarrassment and/or impact.
The inaugural forward hails from – who else? – dear old Dad. My reply follows. I should probably note that I chose two cases of animal abuse to refute this retarded idiotic** forward not because I couldn’t find any instances of human rights violations, but, since I focus primarily on animal rights issues, these were the two cases that came immediately to mind. Plus, I knew that my father would be less likely to dismiss it as a liberal conspiracy, and/or claim that the bitchez r crazy/asking for it, since 1) there’s video of the abuse and 2) being a fellow vegetarian, I thought it less likely that he’d blame a dog for his abuse than a woman. Yeah, you don’t have to tell me how wrong that is. Not because the dog’s getting too much respect in this scenario, mind you; it’s just that the libruls/wimmins isn’t.
Names deleted to protect the stoopid.
* I’m one of seven moderators for a large Freecycle group. 10,000+ members, half of which are clueless when it comes to proper email etiquette. A good quarter are unaware of the significance of “BCC” vs. “CC” and “Forward to all”. Damn you, mooching masses!
** UPDATE, 9/29/08: Did I seriously fooking write this not a year ago? I apologize a million times over, there’s no excuse for ableist slurs. I have no idea what I was thinking. Well, clearly I wasn’t. *ahem*
—– Original Message —–
Subject: FW: Whatever You Do, just keep this going PLEASE!!!!!
Even if you have seen this…..it prompts us to pray for our troops again today.
******************* God’s Blessings Bobbi Chapin *******************
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 23:45:28 -0500
Subject: Fwd: Whatever You Do, just keep this going PLEASE!!!!!
This is great…..they truly do need our prayer, especially during the holidays when they cannot be with their family and loved ones…see below.
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Subject: Re: Whatever You Do, just keep this going PLEASE!!!!!
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 22:01:31 -0600
I know I have sent this out before and have seen a few times but it always makes me feel good & sad at the same time. Good b/c it proves what I already know….the majority of all our solders are wonderful….Sad b/c people say such mean things about them and us as a country!!
Proof of abuse by our Troops.
Armed American
Troops Force Iraqis
to Seesaw
Until They Talk!
Iraqi Child Bites GI In
Self Defense After
Obvious Torture!
GI Falls Asleep On
Duty While Using
Iraqi Child
As Body Armor!
GI Overheard to say
“Talk or I’ll tickle
you till you pee!”
More Evidence Of
Failed US Intelligence
Policy.
Soldier Attempts to
Eat Iraqi Child !
Clear Evidence of
Forced Labor by
Troops!
Iraqis Grateful That
American Forces Did
Not Open Fire During
Soccer Game!
Soldier Caught At
“Tickle-Torture” To
Extract Intelligence!
GI Forces Iraqi Child
To Hang By
Fingertips!
No comment here.
There’s nothing
funny about this
one.
bless every one of
our troops
wherever they are!
I
PLEDGE
ALLEGIANCE
TO THE
FLAG
OF THE
UNITED
STATES
OF
AMERICA,
AND TO
THE
REPUBLIC,
FOR
WHICH
IT
STANDS,
ONE
NATION
UNDER
GOD,
INDIVISIBLE,
WITH LIBERTY
AND JUSTICE
FOR ALL!
PLEASE
KEEP
THIS
GOING,
EVEN IF
YOU
HAVE
PASSED
IT ON
BEFORE!!
Please
send this
on after a
short
prayer!
Prayer wheel for
our
Marines,
soldiers,
sailors,
coast
guard, and
airmen..
“Dear Heavenly
Father,
Hold our
troupes in
your loving
hands.
Protect them
as they
protect us.
Bless them
and their
families
for the
selfless
acts they
perform
for us in
our time
of need.
Please
stop a
moment
and say a
prayer for
our
troupes
(land, air,
and sea)
in
Afghanistan ,
Kuwait ,Iraq
and all
around the
world.
This can
be very
powerful…..
Just send
this to
people
in your
address
book.
Of all the
gifts you
could give
our
U.S.
Military,
Prayer is the
very best one!
BLESSINGS
UPON YOU
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—– Original Message —–
From: Kelly Garbato
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 1:36 PM
Subject: Re: FW: Whatever You Do, just keep this going PLEASE!!!!!
6. American Soldier Shoots Yet Another Poor Dog In Iraq?
ALERT FROM / REPLY TO:
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DOG SHOT IN THE ASS / 00:28 Van: MaxPayneRTC / Aantal keren bekeken: 9699
nl.youtube.com/watch?v=OasEHR5Ije0
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1/19/07 — Latest Casualty: Soldiers Torment Crippled Dog In Iraq
KINSHIP CIRCLE ACTION CAMPAIGN
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Demand Criminal Investigation of U.S. Soldiers Caught on Video Abusing Dog
VIDEO: Soldiers taunt crippled dog in Iraq
PETITION: U.S. Soldiers Taunt Crippled Dog In Iraq VIDEO
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Honorable Defense Leaders and Elected Officials:
Unprovoked violence, even in a war zone, is unacceptable. It does not matter whether the victim is a child, an adult civilian, or a dog. The victim I bring to your attention just happens to be the latter, a disfigured dog trying to flee soldiers as they hurl rocks at him.
An unsettling video obtained from a CD discovered in Baghdad’s Green Zone depicts what appear to be U.S. soldiers forcefully pitching rocks at a dog with a spinal deformity. As the dog cries out in pain, the participants laugh and one blurts, “That is the funniest thing I’ve ever seen in my life.” Another suggests, “You wanna go over and kill it?” Huge Internet audiences have recently viewed this disgraceful video at www.liveleak.com/view?i=6445f9fdd7.
I call for an investigation into this gutless act and urge defense leaders to court-martial any soldier connected with the torture of this dog. Americans do not want their tax dollars wasted on tormenting animals in times of war.
Profound cruelty shames U.S. troops and the nation they represent. Moreover, criminologists and mental health professionals view the intensity of vicious behavior (regardless of the victim’s identity) as a precursor to future violence. Testimony at the court-martial hearing for coconspirators accused of aiding one-time soldier Steven D. Green in the murder of an Iraqi girl, 14, and her family revealed Green had once set fire to a puppy and tossed the burning animal off a roof.
Animal cruelty is a key trait in the American Psychiatric Association’s profile for conduct disorders. Randall Lockwood, Ph.D., regularly enlisted to aid cruelty investigators, law enforcers, and court officials, describes violence against small or non-threatening creatures unlikely to retaliate as a precursor to assaulting children, the elderly or disabled, or other vulnerable victims.
Who is more helpless than a crippled dog?
Please do not wait for the next violent “prank” to unfold. I respectfully ask the Department of Defense to fully investigate this incident and hold any implicated soldiers accountable. Civilians are arrested and punished for similar crimes. The military must not accept this arrant disrespect for life. Please establish a precedent of intolerance for animal cruelty now.
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