I found her in a minute n Facebook. Her posts were private, but I sent her a pointed message through Messenger that reads: "Maybe if you got to know other people, you wouldn't feel so uncomfortable in Ohio. YOU are responsible for how YOU feel, not anyone else. It is ALL on YOU! You are no more entitled to be an American than anyone else is -- that's why this nation was founded: to give refuge to people fleeing other nations. Marbach is German. Do you even know why your ancestors came here? Seems to me you missed a lot of classes in school, little girl, because the English, Scottish, and French here didn't want any Krauts here, either. I'm sorry you were raised to be such a racist, xenophobe, unAmerican. You might wish to re-acquaint yourself with the words on the Statue of Liberty." Let her know how much he words reverberated, because the only social media I'm on is Facebook. I'm not on Twitter or Instagram or Tik Tok, anyplace else -- or not much, anyway. It's unbelievable that people are still raised to be such racist xenophobes. I always wonder if they were abused as kids, and are now lashing out.
I enjoy your writing, everyday. But for some peculiar picadillo I fins myself Entertained to a great extent by your Hate Mail of the Week. I have always found a propensity towards satiric humor, and though i'm not quite clear if that is your intent with these posts, I have to find them quite satirical.
Thank you for this, as tragic as it is to read this, it is necessary. I admire your courage, evidence based responses and relentlessness. Raising our children in a biased vacuum is exactly what perpetuates hatred, bigotry, and intolerance. Why is everyone so afraid of that which is different from themselves??
Trans cult religion??? Wtf?? Wtf is that? Is this person in a "institution"? You know the kind with padded walls? They must be getting their info from other white nationalist bigots because nothing they are saying here is remotely true.
Great article. Sad you have to do that. I find with the cult you cannot reason with them because they don’t have the facts to debate. I say to them when we can agree on facts I will Debate. But generally they don’t agree anyways and stick to the propaganda they believe.
Funny how misogynists get so het up about women's rights in Islamic countries.
What's the word for when you pretend to care about something you couldn't give a shit about just in order to criticise something you hate for less legitimate reasons?
Qasim, I'm thinking America commits murder every day. So people need to actually follow the 10 commandments. Jesus was for the poor people. The white supremacists took over the Christian church once they killed him . The cross is God's critique of white power. They can not kill his spirit.
God bless you, Chris Hedges, your families, and all those fighting for the regular folks.
I was banned from Twitter years ago. I never wrote anything objectionable that I know of. I appealed, but they wouldn't budge. Then Elon Musk took over claiming he was a First Amendment "absolutist," but that was a lie as they still wouldn't re-instate me. Meanwhile, people can and do post the most hideous things there, and I have NO idea what I ever wrote to piss them off. How can you expect not to receive hate mail on that anti-social media outlet? X is a machine with no human support system so it's all BS. On the issue of Church and State -- the nation was founded on the separation of Church and State. It's not a coincidence that people become their most abusive, racist, anti-Semitic, Islamophobic, sexist, misogynistic and homophobic over their "so called religion," especially while trying to convince themselves and others that they're "Christian." I like to tell them they might fool themselves, but they can't fool God, and they wouldn't know Jesus, the Jewish Rabbi, if they fell over him. It's hard not to ignore these people, though. They are the WORST that religion has to offer. You might wish to tell them THAT!
Sadly I could make this a daily column. I find myself having options of what hate mail I want to address this time. Sigh...we certainly have work to do my friend. Thank you for your incredible kindness and support.
To Ryecatcher421: you are very wrong about the United States set up as only Christian.
“We establish no religion in this country. We command no worship. We mandate no belief, nor will we ever. Church and state are and will remain separate.” Thomas Jefferson
“The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe with blood for centuries.” James Madison
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion." First Amendment.
The 17th Century was marred by the bloody wars between Protestants and Catholics, the 16th Century saw (or maybe the 15th?) the Saracens and the Crusceders. Terrible times.
I'm puzzled. Why do you rely on an obscure treaty to defend your position (and mine) on Louisiana's law requiring that the 10 Commandments be posted in classrooms. Wouldn't it be more authoritative to refer to the 1st Amendment of our Constitution? I doubt that anyone takes seriously a treaty they've never heard of before with a government that no longer exists. I further doubt that a treaty of any kind carries the same weight in the debate as the Constitution. Could you explain?
International treaties are still binding and have enforcement authority, but mainly I focused on the Treaty of Tripoli because it is early in American history (hence precedent) and also because it specifically mentions the Christian religion (and how the US is not in any sense founded on it). Obviously 1A applies.
You obviously are correct about the legal status of a treaty that has passed the Senate, especially those that receive a super majority. I think you would agree, however, that a technically enforceable treaty does not have the same political and cultural weight as our founding documents.
Sure, but I guess that's a distinction without a difference. Given that the Treaty of Tripoli was 1797, only 8 years after SCOTUS was established and only 10 years after the Constitution was ratified, I consider it a viable founding document in that it's the first example of how we presented ourselves to the world. It's unique and holds a special place in being first. And in that first statement the declaration was clear "we are not - in any sense - founded on the Christian religion."
Do you mind if I make a recommendation? In the preface to Wajahat Ali's book, Go Back to Where You Came From, he gives some excellent examples of "yes...and", a comedy improv practice that bats the negative comments right out of the park. When someone says, "you people should get out of this country," he says something like, "We left-handed guys shouldn't be discriminated against!" The only thing is, I suppose you don't want to anger these morons more than they already are, for safety's sake. But if you both could laugh...? It seems, unfortunately, that facts don't work on people.
I truly enjoyed your article! A lot of Americans don’t know the Quran has some similarities as the Bible. I loved your comment to the one idiot when you said “this is what happens when you ban books instead of reading them”; hilarious!! Keep up the excellent work!! 👍🏼💙
I found her in a minute n Facebook. Her posts were private, but I sent her a pointed message through Messenger that reads: "Maybe if you got to know other people, you wouldn't feel so uncomfortable in Ohio. YOU are responsible for how YOU feel, not anyone else. It is ALL on YOU! You are no more entitled to be an American than anyone else is -- that's why this nation was founded: to give refuge to people fleeing other nations. Marbach is German. Do you even know why your ancestors came here? Seems to me you missed a lot of classes in school, little girl, because the English, Scottish, and French here didn't want any Krauts here, either. I'm sorry you were raised to be such a racist, xenophobe, unAmerican. You might wish to re-acquaint yourself with the words on the Statue of Liberty." Let her know how much he words reverberated, because the only social media I'm on is Facebook. I'm not on Twitter or Instagram or Tik Tok, anyplace else -- or not much, anyway. It's unbelievable that people are still raised to be such racist xenophobes. I always wonder if they were abused as kids, and are now lashing out.
I enjoy your writing, everyday. But for some peculiar picadillo I fins myself Entertained to a great extent by your Hate Mail of the Week. I have always found a propensity towards satiric humor, and though i'm not quite clear if that is your intent with these posts, I have to find them quite satirical.
love them! hope you keep posting them.
Thank you for this, as tragic as it is to read this, it is necessary. I admire your courage, evidence based responses and relentlessness. Raising our children in a biased vacuum is exactly what perpetuates hatred, bigotry, and intolerance. Why is everyone so afraid of that which is different from themselves??
Trans cult religion??? Wtf?? Wtf is that? Is this person in a "institution"? You know the kind with padded walls? They must be getting their info from other white nationalist bigots because nothing they are saying here is remotely true.
Thank you for continuing to do this important educational work.
Great article. Sad you have to do that. I find with the cult you cannot reason with them because they don’t have the facts to debate. I say to them when we can agree on facts I will Debate. But generally they don’t agree anyways and stick to the propaganda they believe.
Funny how misogynists get so het up about women's rights in Islamic countries.
What's the word for when you pretend to care about something you couldn't give a shit about just in order to criticise something you hate for less legitimate reasons?
Qasim, thank you for addressing this! Nice to hear a voice of reason.
Your suggestion to study the tenets of ALL the major religions was the best.
Qasim, I'm thinking America commits murder every day. So people need to actually follow the 10 commandments. Jesus was for the poor people. The white supremacists took over the Christian church once they killed him . The cross is God's critique of white power. They can not kill his spirit.
God bless you, Chris Hedges, your families, and all those fighting for the regular folks.
I was banned from Twitter years ago. I never wrote anything objectionable that I know of. I appealed, but they wouldn't budge. Then Elon Musk took over claiming he was a First Amendment "absolutist," but that was a lie as they still wouldn't re-instate me. Meanwhile, people can and do post the most hideous things there, and I have NO idea what I ever wrote to piss them off. How can you expect not to receive hate mail on that anti-social media outlet? X is a machine with no human support system so it's all BS. On the issue of Church and State -- the nation was founded on the separation of Church and State. It's not a coincidence that people become their most abusive, racist, anti-Semitic, Islamophobic, sexist, misogynistic and homophobic over their "so called religion," especially while trying to convince themselves and others that they're "Christian." I like to tell them they might fool themselves, but they can't fool God, and they wouldn't know Jesus, the Jewish Rabbi, if they fell over him. It's hard not to ignore these people, though. They are the WORST that religion has to offer. You might wish to tell them THAT!
I respect your view and agree it is at least as well founded as mine. I'll leave it at that.
You should not have to have a weekly column like this. It breaks my heart. I have tears in my eyes. What happened to human kindness?
It went down the drain with common decency
Sadly I could make this a daily column. I find myself having options of what hate mail I want to address this time. Sigh...we certainly have work to do my friend. Thank you for your incredible kindness and support.
Always. Good people need to stop being quiet. We can’t not wish all of this away.
To Ryecatcher421: you are very wrong about the United States set up as only Christian.
“We establish no religion in this country. We command no worship. We mandate no belief, nor will we ever. Church and state are and will remain separate.” Thomas Jefferson
“The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe with blood for centuries.” James Madison
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion." First Amendment.
Perhaps you should read some John Locke
The 17th Century was marred by the bloody wars between Protestants and Catholics, the 16th Century saw (or maybe the 15th?) the Saracens and the Crusceders. Terrible times.
If people read books instead of banning them and allowed different points of view to be taught, maybe the "fear of the Other" would be gone!
I'm puzzled. Why do you rely on an obscure treaty to defend your position (and mine) on Louisiana's law requiring that the 10 Commandments be posted in classrooms. Wouldn't it be more authoritative to refer to the 1st Amendment of our Constitution? I doubt that anyone takes seriously a treaty they've never heard of before with a government that no longer exists. I further doubt that a treaty of any kind carries the same weight in the debate as the Constitution. Could you explain?
International treaties are still binding and have enforcement authority, but mainly I focused on the Treaty of Tripoli because it is early in American history (hence precedent) and also because it specifically mentions the Christian religion (and how the US is not in any sense founded on it). Obviously 1A applies.
You obviously are correct about the legal status of a treaty that has passed the Senate, especially those that receive a super majority. I think you would agree, however, that a technically enforceable treaty does not have the same political and cultural weight as our founding documents.
Sure, but I guess that's a distinction without a difference. Given that the Treaty of Tripoli was 1797, only 8 years after SCOTUS was established and only 10 years after the Constitution was ratified, I consider it a viable founding document in that it's the first example of how we presented ourselves to the world. It's unique and holds a special place in being first. And in that first statement the declaration was clear "we are not - in any sense - founded on the Christian religion."
Do you mind if I make a recommendation? In the preface to Wajahat Ali's book, Go Back to Where You Came From, he gives some excellent examples of "yes...and", a comedy improv practice that bats the negative comments right out of the park. When someone says, "you people should get out of this country," he says something like, "We left-handed guys shouldn't be discriminated against!" The only thing is, I suppose you don't want to anger these morons more than they already are, for safety's sake. But if you both could laugh...? It seems, unfortunately, that facts don't work on people.
Absolutely a big fan of using comedy to diffuse ignorance and bigotry :)
Those bigots, they're just in your face.
Ranting their "facts" about race.
Just let them go.
They'll reap what they sow,
And our thoughts will blast them into space.
There is such a thing as karma What goes around comes around
I truly enjoyed your article! A lot of Americans don’t know the Quran has some similarities as the Bible. I loved your comment to the one idiot when you said “this is what happens when you ban books instead of reading them”; hilarious!! Keep up the excellent work!! 👍🏼💙
Well said
In fact the Qur'an recognizes the Torah and the Gospel as from the Almighty too!
Thank you for reading and for your kind words of support.