Bigot Day on AOL/Netscape
is every day.
Netscape.aol.com is the homepage of my computer at work, so if a news story on the page catches my eye, I generally read it rather than finding the story at a better news source. I recently started looking through the comments on the stories - they can be posted by anyone and are obviously not screened (not to say that they should be) - and quickly discovered that the AOL/Netscape home page apparently attracts every bigoted, crazy, and ignorant asshole with an internet connection. Here's a sampling of unedited comments on a story titled "Obama Tells GOP to 'Lay Off My Wife'":
-HOW CAN ANYONE DEFEND OBAMA AND HIS RACIST WIFE? IF YOU THINK MICHELLE IS PATROTIC JUST READ HER SR. YEAR THESIS. EVERYOTHER WORD WAS WHITE THIS WHITE THAT AND SHE ENDED UP CONDLUDING THAT SHE WOULD SPEND HER LIFE USING HER RESOURCES, EDUCATION, TO ENHANCE THE POOR BLACK FOLK. AND WHEN OBAMA GETS INTO OFFICE THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT SHE WILL BADGER OBAMA INTO DOING. WHITEY, YOU'VE HAD IT. EVEN YOU PATHETIC DRONES WHO GO TO HIS RALLY'S AND SIT LOOKING AT THE ADORING OBAMA WHO DOESN'T GIVE A HOOT ABOUT YOU. THE BEST YOU WHITE FOLKS WILL EVER DO WITH OBAMA IS GET TO VOTE FOR HIM TO HELP HIS RACE ADVANCE. YOU GET NOTHING FOR YOUR TAX DOLLAR EXCEPT YOUR TAX RECEIPT...... SUCKERS.
-ever wonder why Mr. Obama is so thin? Have you ever met an African American who does not participate in the drug culture? Mr. Obama has admitted that he has...his thinness suggest we should ask him to take a drug test.I bet Mrs. McCain would. And by the way unless you have proof shes in to drugs you are slandering her. Mr. Obama and his wife both have admitted to prior use.
-HOW CAN THE PEOPLE OF OUR WONDERFUL COUNTRY VOTE FOR A MUSLIM. HAVE YOU ALL FORGOTTEN WHAT HAPPENED ON 9-11? HE IS A SHEEP IN WOLFS CLOTHING. WATCH OUT. WHY WON'T THE MEDIA SAY HIS REAL NAME? BARAK HUSSEIN MUHAMAD OBAMA? THEY ARE AFRAID OF OFFENDING HIM. IF HE BECOMES OUR NEXT PRESIDENT, WE WILL BE OFFENED. THIS IS VERY SCARY.
...And so on.
I'm as quick as anyone to say that there are a lot of ignorant assholes in this country, but I find the number of comments similar to the above on any given AOL/Netscape story to be staggering to the point where I've actually wondered if there's a sociological reason that AOL/Netscape attracts bigoted assholes more than more reputable news sites. Anyone have any theories?
Netscape.aol.com is the homepage of my computer at work, so if a news story on the page catches my eye, I generally read it rather than finding the story at a better news source. I recently started looking through the comments on the stories - they can be posted by anyone and are obviously not screened (not to say that they should be) - and quickly discovered that the AOL/Netscape home page apparently attracts every bigoted, crazy, and ignorant asshole with an internet connection. Here's a sampling of unedited comments on a story titled "Obama Tells GOP to 'Lay Off My Wife'":
-HOW CAN ANYONE DEFEND OBAMA AND HIS RACIST WIFE? IF YOU THINK MICHELLE IS PATROTIC JUST READ HER SR. YEAR THESIS. EVERYOTHER WORD WAS WHITE THIS WHITE THAT AND SHE ENDED UP CONDLUDING THAT SHE WOULD SPEND HER LIFE USING HER RESOURCES, EDUCATION, TO ENHANCE THE POOR BLACK FOLK. AND WHEN OBAMA GETS INTO OFFICE THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT SHE WILL BADGER OBAMA INTO DOING. WHITEY, YOU'VE HAD IT. EVEN YOU PATHETIC DRONES WHO GO TO HIS RALLY'S AND SIT LOOKING AT THE ADORING OBAMA WHO DOESN'T GIVE A HOOT ABOUT YOU. THE BEST YOU WHITE FOLKS WILL EVER DO WITH OBAMA IS GET TO VOTE FOR HIM TO HELP HIS RACE ADVANCE. YOU GET NOTHING FOR YOUR TAX DOLLAR EXCEPT YOUR TAX RECEIPT...... SUCKERS.
-ever wonder why Mr. Obama is so thin? Have you ever met an African American who does not participate in the drug culture? Mr. Obama has admitted that he has...his thinness suggest we should ask him to take a drug test.I bet Mrs. McCain would. And by the way unless you have proof shes in to drugs you are slandering her. Mr. Obama and his wife both have admitted to prior use.
-HOW CAN THE PEOPLE OF OUR WONDERFUL COUNTRY VOTE FOR A MUSLIM. HAVE YOU ALL FORGOTTEN WHAT HAPPENED ON 9-11? HE IS A SHEEP IN WOLFS CLOTHING. WATCH OUT. WHY WON'T THE MEDIA SAY HIS REAL NAME? BARAK HUSSEIN MUHAMAD OBAMA? THEY ARE AFRAID OF OFFENDING HIM. IF HE BECOMES OUR NEXT PRESIDENT, WE WILL BE OFFENED. THIS IS VERY SCARY.
...And so on.
I'm as quick as anyone to say that there are a lot of ignorant assholes in this country, but I find the number of comments similar to the above on any given AOL/Netscape story to be staggering to the point where I've actually wondered if there's a sociological reason that AOL/Netscape attracts bigoted assholes more than more reputable news sites. Anyone have any theories?
posted by Larry R. Friedman at 10:50 AM
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