Last Friday I received an email from her with the subject line "Help secure the boarders!" The body of the email said, "Get Ready--- They are faaaast."
This piqued my interest because of the word "boarders." I thought maybe this was a joke. A liberal play on words, perhaps.
Wrong.
It was nothing more than a misspelling of a racist online "game."
Somehow this is supposed to be fun, to shoot border (note the correct spelling) crossers. Blood splatters every time you hit one, and I believe you get extra points for "breeders" but I could be wrong. This "game" is on a website run by proud-to-be-racist, Tom Metzger (founder of the White Aryan Resistance). I am purposefully not linking directly to his website. Look it up yourself if you're interested.
Now the funny thing is, my friend lives in Hawaii and from the preponderance of pro-Obama email she sends, is an avid Obama supporter.
Isn't that ironic.
I struggled with this for a while this weekend, I kept thinking about the quote, "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
And yet I hesitated, because she is an old family friend, and someone I care about. I didn't want to hurt her feelings or offend her or embarrass her.
Then, because she is someone I care about, I decided to send her this reply:
I have to say I found this one very offensive... and if you look, the website is run by..... leader of the Ku Klux Klan.
Her reply, "I DIDN'T KNOW THAT I JUST HAVE FUN TO SEE HOW MY REFLEXES AR AT MY AGE.
SORRY."
No malice. And today, I got an email to this video:
I'm glad I said something. I've spent too much of my life not saying something.
What would you have done?
