One need not look any further than the Big Bag o' Hate Mail to see how freedom of speech no longer exists in this country. Free and open discussion of the issues is essential for a healthy democracy, yet some people still insist on holding me accountable for everything I write. How can we ever engage in a serious debate when all conservatives want to do is argue with me?
Why don't you move to Cuba or Iraq. See how much freedom of speech you'll have there you a__hole. Your nothing but a yellow belly, left wing, traitor. The very idea of you slamming my President. - Doug Boyd
After I sent Doug a polite, friendly reply thanking him for his input, he fired back with the predictible knee-jerk conservative response:
You call me a fascist? that's funny. I'm a Conservative. I believe in the fact that every individual can get out and make something of himself because we have a free enterprise system. Unlike Jane Fonda and the rest of the idiots on the far left, I don't believe in Socialism, I don't believe in Communism, and I don't believe in bashing the President of the United States when we have a real enemy to fight that has proven it wants to destroy us and everything we stand for. Do I agree with our President on everything? No. Conservatives have spent money like Liberals and I'm sick of it. Also, all of the politicians on both sides are spineless when it comes to border control. Surely you and I can agree that the Southern borders must at all cost be shut. The Dems and Republicans are both to afraid to lose the Hispanic vote. The funny thing is most Hispanics don't like being called Mexican and they don't want illegals here.
The future leader of the Republican Party writes:
First of all let me say that I am appauled [sic] by your website. I have never felt more insulted or enraged. To refer to a College Republican group as a "campus hate group" is so outrageous and disrespectful that I actually pity you and all associated. You obviously have no idea of what you speak on, which simply makes you an idiot running off at the mouth. It is a shame that today's modern advances have allowed such incompitent [sic] persons, like yourself, to voice there [sic] opinion to such a large arena. It is unfortunate that many who read your site will not be as well informed as myself and will actually believe the filth that you have dared to print. If you want to blame someone for everything, then you are a fool. No single person, esp. President [sic] Bush, is to blame for everything. If there is any person to which blame should be attributed, it is someone such as yourself. Your sense of anti-patriotism and insolence towards the nation which has cared for you makes me ashamed to think of you as a fellow citizen. It is because of the so named "mass-murderers" in our armed forces that you are now enjoying the luxury of insulting them and their families. I am absolutely positive that there is not a single bone of honor or bravery in your body. You are simply using your site to hide your cowardice and bring down men and women who are much better than you. If you are so disgruntled about the state of the U.S.A., perhaps you should try living in a different country; but, then you wouldn't be able to express your ignorance and disrespect. I suppose that a coward such as yourself wouldn't want to try and print what they felt was true if they had to work for it. I therefore conclude that you are only posting this page because you feel that it is a "cool and moving" thing to do. I would like to see you try and [sic] print such things in a socialist country which you obviously would prefer, until you were there that is. I hope that you seriously reflect on your actions and motives. However, judging from your website, I am sure that you will simply insult me and call me a long list of derrogatory [sic] names. If that is the sort of thing that makes you feel like an important and respected person, then I feel truly sorry for you.Sincerely,
Flannery Edwards
University of Rochester
The University of Rochester...is that a real school, or did they just mail you a diploma for tracing "Blinky" off a matchbook cover? Instead of just repeating everything you hear on Rush Limbaugh, try to form your own opinion for once. It's easy, really. Just turn off the radio,
go to the library, and read a book. And not Rush Limbaugh's book, damn you! Pick up one on American history. I'd recommend A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn. There are a lot of big words and no pictures, but it's perhaps the most informative and accurate account of America's bloody history since Schoolhouse Rocks. If you haven't developed a hearty, progressive disgust for your own nation by the time you've finished it, then I'm afraid there is no hope for you.
Sam spent three weeks tearing little words and letters out of Gun's & Ammo to paste together a thinly veiled death threat::
You cant blame bush for anything. he came into office at a bad time. if you could really blame bush for all your liberal horse shit than you are a scumb bag and deserve to be shot. People like you are the lowest people in the world, your lower than homeless crack heads in houston.why do you have to bash bush ?, because he beat yall liberals twice In the president election, or do you just like whineing like all other liberals. my opinion about politics is that liberals will destroy this nation. yall are all a bunch of bitches that got bullied when yall were kids or were poor at one time so you try to save all poor and weak people like your self. If you If you dont have money its your fault and no one elses. Inocent hard working texans have to pay for wet backs to live in our country and your kind of people think it is okay. your an idiot. - Sam
Matt Bell was so consumed with hate, he tied his letter to a brick and tossed it through my living room window. Seventeen floors up.
You must be insane. Referencing the invasion of Europe and how you said that we soiled French soil, if we didnt liberat them, the Nazis would still be in power and you would probaly be in some concentration camp crying like a baby. Show some respect for the men that died for you to get the chance to slander this countries good name. You do know slander is a crime or did they not teach you that in "UC Berkley". You seem to miss the point that Saddam killed thousands of his own people for fun. You are obiously someone who can only follow the rest of the liberals and not think for yourself. You might watch out because you might be under surveillance for your slander against this glorious country that happens to protect people like you who cant work up the nerve to serve. Who knows, you might be better off dead to everyone.
You chickenhawks never cease to astonish me with your cold, heartless cruelty. I don't know how anyone could have anything but complete love and respect for Cindy Sheehan, a grieving mother who lost her only son to an illegal and immoral war for oil. But then again, I was born with the capacity for compassion.
Let's see...we've had "wetbacks", "jane Fonda" and "UC Berkeley". Thus far, the Big Bag o' Hate Mail has been a cornucopia of stock conservative talking points. All we need now is for some right-wing moron to just cut and paste from their favorite hate radio jock word for word.
Right on cue, Tom Guess writes:
You sir are an idiot. I suggest you read the following column and read what REALLY happened at the King funeral. Making Sense By Michael ReaganIn a tear-streaked story in the New York Ti---
Alright, that's far enough. Please, Tom, if you want to be taken seriously, at least send me something by the more intelligent of the Gipper's sons, and the true heir to his beloved father's conservative legacy. His name is Ronald Reagan JUNIOR, for crying out loud! WHY WON'T YOU MORONS WORSHIP HIM LIKE YOU DID HIS DEAD FASCIST NAZI OL' MAN?
But Tom persists with staggering stupidity:
Larry, I see that you rely upon the same old liberal tactic as always. Rather than deal with the FACTS you have to resort to the name calling of Mr. Reagan and or his father. Give me an example from ANY CREDIBLE news source that what Michael Reagan states in his article was false. Oh - that's right you can't - so you better just stick with the nazi comments, bury your head in the sand and stay ignorant. Hey - I hear that Iraq has an open door policy. How about taking your liberal butt over there and see how well you are treated.
Richard writes:
You sir, are an Idiot. One only needs to read your assinine quibble for 3 seconds to come to that conclusion. Now do us all a favor and move to Iran. You would fit right in.
Two different letters from two different neocons, and both begin with "You sir, are an idiot". Rush needs to come up with some new material. He also needs to make up his mind. Does he want me to move to Iraq, Iran, or Cuba? Find out and get back to me, will you, Rich? Oh, and GO TO COLLEGE.
Last but not least, my favorite letter out of this whole sordid batch isn't exactly a hate mail...but it's still a hoot:
harry theriault is this you? talked to you a few years back, you did some time with my father, edward trzaska aka crazy eddy lol......
I had no idea why I received this email until I googled "Harry Theriault" and got my own blog as a result. Thanks, Che.
With that, it's time once again to close up Liberal Larry's Big Bag o' Hate Mail.
I wonder if "Doug Boyd" would still the shrub his president if he knew that Dick Cheney's daughter is a lesbian.
Then again, ol' "Doug" is probably drawn to that sort of thing, the pervert!
Posted by: brainsample | February 27, 2006 at 09:33 PM
I meant to say, "I wonder if 'Doug Boyd' would still CONSIDER the shrub his president if he knew that Dick Cheney's daughter is a lesbian."
Jesus, a mistake like that even after Larry considerately gives us a "Preview" button.
My sincerest apologies.
Posted by: brainsample | February 27, 2006 at 09:42 PM
With the number of haters like these in this kkkountry, can't we just surrender in Iraq?
Posted by: Dodger | February 27, 2006 at 09:45 PM
"your an idiot." - Sam
YEAH SAM, GO TO frickin' COLLEGE! Better yet, go back to 2nd grade. That grade was the best 4 years of my life!
And YOUR RETARDED..err.. a mentally challenged neoconvict fascist repunkklikkkan!!! How long will you hateful jerks warship Bu$hitler's kkkorupt admenstruation??
You and your warmongrelling ilk should be lined up and shot!
Peace
Posted by: RoCkY mTn. Lioness | February 27, 2006 at 10:06 PM
Larry, you may be an idiot...but your (you're) our idiot.
Posted by: camojack | February 27, 2006 at 10:16 PM
Kind of like, to quote Phil Donahue, "Saddam was a bastard, but he was our bastard!" Source: a website dedicated to GETTING OUT THE MESSAGE!
Posted by: Dork | February 28, 2006 at 01:48 AM
"Surely you and I can agree that the Southern borders must at all cost be shut."
He called you "Surely". Are you still saving cereal boxtops for that operation?
Posted by: Bush4Ever | February 28, 2006 at 03:22 AM
"You are simply using your site to hide your cowardice"
I thought you were using it to hide the fact that you now have tax-free status because you're registered as a corporation in Nevada.
Posted by: Bush4Ever | February 28, 2006 at 03:24 AM
Fabulous !!!
Who are these complete morons?
Maybe you need a parallel "Blame Howie" where you can do the smae thing on the other side and suck out the idiot dems with no sense of humor.
Of course, as we all know, communists HAVE no sense of humour.
haahahahahahahahaahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Posted by: epaminondas | February 28, 2006 at 03:32 AM
KKKons hear gentle progressyve wisdom, and all of the sudden, they're travel agents for exotic progressyve locales. Perhaps if they would travel to a college or their local library, they might learn the truth contained in Howard Zinn, Eldridge Cleaver, and Satre instead of progressyves having to spend valuable PBS airtime and NEA grants to combat Limbaugh and 'Desert Fox' News.
Posted by: Moonchild | February 28, 2006 at 04:46 AM
Larry, don't be discouraged. No prophet was honored in his own land. Sure, you have a bunch of freaked-out hippie acid heads on one side and refugees from the Nuremberg trials on the other but there are still people here who believe in your cause and the good work you're doing and we wish we could do more to help but our parole officers just won't let us, what with "Did you look for a job today?" and "Are you taking your Haldol?" and "If you fail even one urine test you're going back inside" and it's just so hard just dealing with all that hassle and that's why we need your Great Progressive Peoples' Revolution so there will be no more prisons or parole oficers and people will be able to get all the heroin and marijuana they want for free with their medicaid card and we can abolish the oppressive, reactionary concept of private property so that my neighbor's red Ferrari will be my red Ferrari too and I will not be dragged away in handcuffs just for testing its security system and lunch in the lockup will not be just a baloney sandwich and a cup of black coffee.
Posted by: nk | February 28, 2006 at 05:06 AM
You know, this little space on the web has always been about peace and love - perhaps the only place on the web still about that (except maybe all of the links found on www.persiankitty.com) - and of course the racist Nazi Fascist (ugh, this thesaurus is of no help) Klansmen of the "Right" have to come here and get all up in everyone's grill with their messages of hate and intolerance. Oh, and let's not forget their love of their unjust wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and Kosovo.
Posted by: Fist of Etiquette | February 28, 2006 at 05:36 AM
I sleep with Howard Zinn's book under my Pink Turban.
It reminds me that all dead white males, to include those who don't get it when they read Liberal Larry's site, must be emasculated by wearing the Unisex Burka of Peace Bombs near their package. That would also include Howard Zinn.
Posted by: PTPFP | February 28, 2006 at 06:43 AM
Uhhhmmm. pardon me for breaking Radio Silence on this issue but I think we can all see why some of our friends freaked out the minute they heard about the port deal. It was purely a knee jerk reaction. They read the first few lines of a news story (those that can read) or heard Keith Oberman's insightful commentary and decided the Dune coons were taking over and we are all doomed.
I am glad Larry shows us his "big Bag of Hate mail" every once and a while for it is truly a sanity check.
One issue of course is that the some people are operating on such a thin veneer of truth an legitimacy that even the rantings of a Truly sick individual like Larry sounds very close to actual Democratic talking points or posts on the DU/KOS. Apparently he actually fools some into getting so pissed off at the first line of a post that they can't even bare to read the entire article or a few comments in order to see what is really going on here.
Well it takes all kinds they say. Sometimes "dumb" is almost a s scary as "Smart" people with degrees out the ass that think and say same shit as a stupid person and think they are the smartest people in the room at all times.
Are you listening Chutch ! You stupid fake Indian bastard. If you want another example check out the "Grizzly Man" on Discovery/Times Cable network this month. This guy is the quintessential castoroti tree hugger of all times. He and his new "Girlfriend" paid with their lives for their stupid belief that they were protecting the Kodiak Grizzlies from man. Kodiak Grizzlies don't care for on-site security so they both got turned into Grizzly chow while the cameras rolled on. Their pathetic friends are the smartest people you never want to meet.
I know this last partof my comment seems tangential but if you see the show you will get what I am talking about.
In light of this whole situation I think we should pull out of Iraq right away.
Posted by: Mother of all Blog Pimps | February 28, 2006 at 06:46 AM
It's the neo-KKKon sheeple who send hate mail to Larry who allow Bu-shaitan to continue murdering our most beloved cultural icons. They'll never understand how the Bush/Cheney/Rove/Halliburton/Major League Baseball "Pentagram of Evil" ordered the assassinations of Don Knotts, Darrin McGavin, and now poor Dennis Weaver in order to get the sheeple to believe that "old people just die sometimes". Now that this meme is firmly planted in the AmeriKKKan psyche, Cheney will finish the job on his old hunting partner to keep him from telling what he knows to the press. Since three celebrities have already died, no one will be looking for another celebrity death, and it'll slip "under the radar". Harry Whittington better go request asylum from Peace Mother Sheehan if he knows what's good for him!
Posted by: Bubblehead | February 28, 2006 at 06:55 AM
IF those guys are for real, they are geniuses. If they are being sarcastic, they are idiots.
Posted by: TMF | February 28, 2006 at 07:13 AM
I find those letters to be [sic] disturbing. Why don't these people just learn a lesson from Mother Sheehan [sic] and become attention whores for a cause larger than themselves, but with themselves [sic] of course, at the very center of it. Why can't we all [sic] just get along?
*weeping*
[sic]
Posted by: Neocon-pincher | February 28, 2006 at 07:31 AM
I spilled my Tofu Latte all over my hemp jeans when I read these terrible letters!!! Don't let those bullies bother you Larry. We need you when the great journey comes to lead us to the spaceship of light!
The fact that I can't smoke pot openly shows the ignorance of the Bu$Hitler Regime!! I only smoke it medically godess damn it!! I'm a chronic sufferer of hemmorhoids!!!
Posted by: Arbiter | February 28, 2006 at 07:51 AM
In light of this whole situation I think we should pull out of Iraq right away.
You know, I was thinking the same thing.
Posted by: Dodger | February 28, 2006 at 08:44 AM
"Of course, as we all know, communists HAVE no sense of humour."
How can you say that? Just listen to well-known communist Harry Bellafonte. If that ain't humor I don't know what is.
Posted by: Bu$hCausedMyGout | February 28, 2006 at 09:38 AM
If it wasn't so cold in Rochester, I'd show that idiot up there my loaded suicide vest. Hang in there Larry. BTW-besides being posted on the wall of shame-what else did the Gestapo win?
Posted by: OmarTheTentMaker | February 28, 2006 at 09:46 AM
I guess they don't get the joke. I'm embarrassed to be a conservative right now.
Posted by: bugsbutt | February 28, 2006 at 11:13 AM
Maybe Matt Bell should be signed by the Seattle Pilots. He seems to have quite an arm.
Posted by: Fallyc Symbyl | February 28, 2006 at 11:15 AM
I guess they don't get the joke. I'm embarrassed to be a conservative right now.
Posted by: bugsbutt
That is why it is so much better to be Progressyve. Truth depends on how we feel today and we don't have to worry about the facts. Since our feelings are always legitimate, we are never wrong, therefore, never embarrassed.
Poor, poor conservatives, mired in the swamp of facts.
If they weren't trying to inhibit the ACLU's fight to defend NAMBLA and inhibit my sexual access to your 6 year-old cchildren, I might feel sorry for them.
Damn fascists!
Posted by: Fallyc Symbyl | February 28, 2006 at 11:21 AM
"Of course, as we all know, communists HAVE no sense of humour."
I am having this joke being told to me by moose und squirrel. I have smiled when I am hearing it. Bwa-Hah-Hah-Hah-Hah!!
"How many Communists does it take to screw in a light bulb? The light bulb contains the seeds of its own revolution."
Und dis vun:
"Is communism a science?'
No. If it were a science, it would have been tested on dogs first."
Posted by: Bush4Ever | February 28, 2006 at 11:39 AM