If you want to hear from a lot of people on Facebook, you needn’t bother with cute pictures of your kids, links to your favorite web sites, funny videos or fuzzy kitties. Just say something mean about a candidate.
A remark Mitt Romney made during a recent speech set me off, so this is what I posted:
“Hey Mitt Romney, here's a citizenship test for
you: does being born in Michigan automatically make you a U.S. citizen
even if one of your parents was Satan and the other was a jackal? I
don't want to see your birth certificate, Mitt. I want you to shave your
big, stupid, rubbery head on live TV to prove that you don't have a
triple-six birthmark.
“Congratulations, jackass. You just made
me decide to vote in November. I know the electoral college keeps you
safe from the likes of me. But now I'm going to vote against state and
local Republicans as well, something I might not have done if not for
your birther crap. Keep up the good work.”
So as I expect you’ve gathered from that, the “birther” stupidity really pisses me off. Romney just made it worse by helping de-marginalize it.
Mass media nexus: this rant drew more feedback than anything else I’ve ever put on Facebook.
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