An Open Letter to MSNBC
I received the following today in response to the grotesque display put on by Keith Olbermann and Janeane Garofalo last week. Consider it an open letter to MSNBC:
*****
I saw your post and watched the interview on MSNBC. I am sick to my stomach at the unbelievable characterization of Republicans. Our brains are not working correctly, we have become the party of white power, we are all racists, and on and on.
Trapped in her own self-important world where she and Keith are the only two sane people in an insane world, she doesn’t realize who she is talking about. My husband and I are 40 and probably considered upper middle class but I won’t apologize for that because we have worked hard and sacrificed to get here.
We go to church, why is that such a big deal? Guess what? A large portion of America does. We take our kids to soccer practice and teach them to be good people. We also love this country because we believe in everyone’s right to an opinion whether we agree with it or not.
When did we become “racist rednecks” because we aren’t in favor of massive deficit spending or because we tune into Fox News? You’ve probably passed millions of people like me shopping at Target or riding bikes with our kids on the weekend. We are not stupid, crazy because we believe in God, or racists.
It is possible to disagree with someone’s policies based solely on their merit and not the color of their skin. They give Americans so little credit. They have so much contempt for average Americans. There are crazy people in every crowd, but please don’t dismiss an entire political party out of hand because of a few people out of thousands waving a sign at a protest. You don’t know me and don’t pretend you do Janeane. How dare you.
People who have such contempt for others are the real danger. You may not agree with us, but let us have our opinions like we allow you to have yours. By the way, Republicans and “right wingers” and conservatives make up close to half of this country. The majority of us are intelligent, hard working, caring people who cannot sit quietly while you belittle us on national television.
I know the news cycle on this has already passed but some of us can’t watch the news eight hours a day because we are living in reality. We’ve got real things to do with our time unlike Ms. Garofalo and Olbermann who spend all day practicing their witty, self-important banter so they can make us feel like bad people when we turn on the t.v. at night.
I worry what my kids will think when they are old enough to hear us called extremists and mindless racists by citizens of our very own country. We may be faceless to them, but we are out here living our lives and we matter. I am so disappointed in MSNBC for allowing such hate filled rants and embarrassed of the crude remarks referring to “teabagging.” How is this acceptable journalism? Grow up and leave the good people of America alone. You don’t speak for us.
*****
You’re welcome.
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April 21st, 2009 at 9:09 pm
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