I suppose every one with a computer receives one and that it happens often. Unfortunately, most of them are of the hate or negative type that rant on about the President and his policies and what bad things are happening in America. They do not describe the America I live in and I never forward such misguided falsehoods, opinions and outright lies and untruths. Sometimes I do answer the false charges and send to all.
Don't you love the ones whose author ends the email with the statement, "if you don't forward this email you are part of the problem." I have a good laugh at that one. What about the one who derided the Post Office for giving change in one dollar coins that were void of the words, "In God We Trust" and did not have the sense to know it was written on the edge of the coin just like the Treasury department announced and even gave the reason why. Or the sad ones about Americans loosing its freedom of religion and about some unknown group working to eliminate the words, "One nation under God" from the pledge. Or America becoming a Muslim nation.
I do not believe in tit for tat but I do believe in forwarding back to the email originator the truth when he or she makes false statements about the President and the country. The hate chain letters bring out the worst in computer technology and the truth and facts should be pointed out to balance freedom of speech that we all enjoy.
This commentary written by John Lucia.
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