One Less Friend

I guess I lost a friend today. Or, maybe I should say I drove her off, unless she is more forgiving than I know her to be.

She is forever sending me e-mails containing racist, bigoted, Republican propaganda, and today, I guess I snapped. She sent me a big picture of Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Bill Richardson and someone else standing in front of a ginormous American flag. Of course, Barack doesn't have his hand over his heart, nor is he wearing a flag lapel pin. Her message was that she was going to send this photo every chance she got, because she just couldn't stand Barack Hussein Obama (his REAL name - her words).

Now, you all know I'm a mild-mannered little old Southern lady, sweet, gentle, and patient to a fault. I can put up with a lot of crap from a lot of people. I don't suffer it, gladly, but generally speaking, my feeling is that everyone is entitled to his/her opinion, and that includes being entitled to MY opinion. I try, always, to refrain from being rude, even in the face of political attack machines and dirty tricks, keeping in mind that it is all just "politics".

But, Dammit! I am so tired of these ignorant hillbillies around here sending me this crap! This is about the third time this particular hillbilly has sent me this particular picture. But, it's the first (and, hopefully, last) time I have responded to it. I asked her, not very nicely, to quit sending me this picture, and others like it. I told her I knew she was smart enough to recognize drivel when she saw it, so why was she buying into it this time?

I asked her what made her think that just because someone put his hand over his heart in front of an obscenely large American flag and wore some cheesy little lapel pin, it meant that he/she was a better American than someone who didn't follow suit, like Lemmings scampering over a cliff into the sea. I also told her that she was, of course, free to ignore my request, but that I was free to delete it without opening it. So, she might as well stop sending the thing, and others like it.

So, she's probably not speaking to me any more - and good riddance to her and the elephant she rode in on.

Of course, I realize that this is the kind of thing we are in for if and when Obama becomes the Democratic candidate against John McCain. And, of course, she will ignore my request because she has ignored all of my nicely written requests that she not send me her usual 19-25 boring e-mails daily, containing videos and dozens of photos that used to fill my e-mail box to capacity. I say "used to" because I finally opened a separate e-mail account, just for her e-mails, and another one or two people I used to work with, who were prone to forward to me every single piece of drivel they receive from others.

So, what do you think? Have I been offensive enough to shut her the f*ck up?