[Peace-discuss] Re: [Imc] letter to my former comrades

[John Wason]

At 04:50 AM 11/10/04 +0000, Robert Dunn wrote:

>Dear Progressives/Liberals/Leftists/Socialists/Communists/Anarchists  
>
>I have a confession to make, I was one of those stupid racists, sexists,
homophobic hillbillies who voted for George W. Bush. Guess what, the
corporate media is right, the main reason why us retarded bigoted hicks is
the word that you sophisticated Limousine Liberals will not utter, VALUES.
They matter the most to us. You may not understand what values are because
they may just be something that cant be deconstructed by some egg-headed
post-modernist guru. Values are something that we poor people still have.
We may not have that much material stuff but we have the assurance that we
are not alone in this world and were created for a purpose. Sometimes the
only thing we have left for us is a prayer. Oh, that notion sure pisses the
left off, the fact that some people pray instead of protest. You see,
George W. is like my father. But my father is a nobody who had a drinking
problem. Bush may have had the same problem that my Dad did and quit
drinking when he was born again. But hey, those who are born again are just
a bunch of extremists hateful zealots. Gee, I missed the people in Klan
outfits and branding swastikas at church last Sunday. Thanks for showing
after November 2nd, 2004 that the left really does have contempt for people
like my Dad and I who have been treated like shit by you for years. I
really thought you guys cared for the working class person. Now, i see you
just show contempt for us. Good luck trying to win again. Remember what
happened to the Whig Party when the American People saw that they were too
much of a snobbery party. It withered away into nothingness. The same thing
could happen to the Democratic Party if it does not shape up. I am sorry, I
had no other choice. I needed to send a message to leftists in this country
that they need to wake up or wither away like the Whigs. I wanted there to
be an anti-war party that did not alienate Christian Evangelicals, but
there was none and I dont know if there will be one. 
>
>Robert Dunn

Not sure what precipitated this rant, Rob, and I can't imagine you voting
for George the Butcher under ANY circumstances.  But I can assure you that
I am one person who considers himself an anti-war Christian evangelical and
who has spent his entire adult life caring about the working class, having
come from that background myself.  So you didn't send me a message I can
understand.

When I think of "values" I'm afraid I don't think first and foremost of
things like abortion or stem cell research or homosexuality.  I think of
things that I consider more important, like justice of all sorts and
compassion for the underprivileged.  And I think most often of an absence
of hyprocrisy, something that Bush and his cronies and probably a majority
of Christian evangelicals don't have a clue about.

I would have thought that you of all people, Rob, would recognize the Bush
bunch for what they are...wolves in sheep's clothing.  You may recall that
Jesus warns and COMMANDS you to beware of such.

John Wason