Hate Mail

Oh how I love hate mail.

To: Moorewatch
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Subj: Europe

Regarding you’re quote “...Europe as the social model which we should aspire to”. Well, I’m European and I live in Spain - a country that suffered terribly under a right-wing dictator. You don’t quite have one of those yet, but you are on the way. Bush is an ignorant and stupid little man with rich, powerful and totally unethical friends.

You could only ever hope to be as forward-thinking as the Europeans. We even have free speech over here. Remember what that is? It’s something that the founding fathers wanted for your country, but that the republicans have made sure you don’t have.

You are sad and dangerous little people. Long live people like Michael Moore who attempt to educate the millions of Americans who have a fair and just outlook on the world.

Shame on you.

Roy, I’m honestly curious.  Can you give me examples of this lack of free speech you’re talking about?  Have the government death squads shut down the Daily Kos?  Has MoveOn.org’s headquarters been firebombed into oblivion?  Could a country with no free speech give Michael Moore the ability to make the largest grossing documentary in history criticizing the incumbent president only weeks before the election?

We’ve been hearing this drivel from left-wing morons for years, that Bush has shut down free speech.  If you agree with this, give me some examples.  Let’s see if Roy has the fucking balls to respond to this with some concrete, specific examples of the stifling of free speech under Bush.