I certainly get my fair share of hate mail and comments, and for the most part I ignore it and ban the commenter. I’ve had to think about posting this for a while, because really, mean people don’t deserve the attention it takes for my fingers to type these words.
My sister and I very much share many of the same political and religious views and her ability to express and defend those views thoughtfully and intelligently are far greater than mine, which is why I am grateful when she frequently steps into my comments and defends them on my blog. Particularly on the recent Obama Speech post. Obama has my vote – but Amy daily and attentively inhales every magnificent word he says and probably knows more about his views than 99% of the American population.
If I post something on my blog I completely respect one’s decision to defend and support their beliefs if they are different than mine. And as much as I may not believe in what they are saying, I most certainly respect and support fe-lady’s and spandex-king’s right to express their views about Obama’s speech just as they respect another’s right to defend it. It’s a little thing I like to call “being a grown up.”
But I draw the line when it comes to being mean. Especially to my family! If your only defense to reading a blog post is to go and make disparaging and hurtful personal attacks, because you can’t defend yourself, then you have no business commenting in the first place.
So if you are the are the Fast Runner Chick loser, with the fake email, that said this wretchedly mean thing this on my sister’s blog:
You and your “Obama thing” are disgusting!
Also, you are way TOO FAT to run! STOP!! IT has done you no good!!!!
I hope this post gives you the attention you are looking for and I hope reading it doesn’t take too much time out of your day to stop kicking puppies or put kittens in the blender.
Now, I’m going to put this out of my head, as we are about to take Kenza to Medieval Times to eat chunks of meat and watch people get whacked with swords. It’s a good thing to do on Easter, Jesus would approve. Then after that, I’m going to sit in the spa naked, read the Bible for Atheists, while I wait for Matt Damon and Jon Stewart to come over.
And then I’ll watch the Obama speech, again.
That’s just awful-the hate mail, I mean. Your Easter sounds excellent, almost as good as the one I spent at Hooters.
I’m reminded of the scene in Bill & Ted’s excellent adventure when the jock giving an oral report gets flustered and belts out, “San Dimos High School Football Rules!” You just get outclassed intellectually, are unwilling to reconsider your positions in the face of superior arguments, and just start going all ad hominem on everybody.
See, I can use words like ad hominem, so I run into this a lot.
In any case, the mouth-breathing troglodyte is clearly nothing more than a smegma felching pederast. (Warning, if you do a Google image search on any of those words, you’ll want to make sure that “Safe Search” is on.)
Runner Susan at her best! You have my vote, and just to prove it, I’m going to watch the Obama video 12 times today.
Enjoy your easter …. sounds fabulous!
“We may not have the same stories, but we hold common hopes. We may not look the same, and may not have come from the same place but we all want to move in the same direction – toward a better future for our children and our grand children…”
Happy Easter to you, your sister, and both of your families.
People are mean, I’m sorry this happened to Amy.
Have a Good Easter!
Haters. People never fail to shock me, and they never fail to embarrass themselves. Also? I would cut you to get at John Stewart.
I also vote for Susan (even if as a Canadian it may not count). I watched that video from start to end and was amazed, impressed and changed. Maybe it’s time to watch it one more time. And they say he doesn’t have enough experience??
Mean people are baaad…. no good at all. I’m sorry Amy was flung a pile of poo like that.
For all you people who abhor Obama’s relationship with his pastor please take note that McCain is endorsed by John Haggee who asserts that Katrina was God’s revenge for the city of New Orleans allowing a gay pride parade to take place and who claims that all Muslims have a mandate to kill Christians and cannot be tolerated.
What is important is what the candidate believes and says so let’s please focus on that. Hating on Obama because his pastor said some whacky stuff is just knee-jerk political grand standing at its worst.
Amy is beautiful and should keep the run on… I get mean comments too. I think it makes the mean poster feel better about themselves, if they can cut me down and hope that it gets to me a bit. Good grief. Calling Amy fat and telling her to stop running. How grade school is that?
I’ve been “anonymously” reading your blog for months now, and I’ve never been tempted to post a comment until now. However, I must know profess my love for YOU, Runner Susan….because this was the funniest damn post I’ve ever read. Yes, Jesus would approve! (btw, I had chili dogs and NCAA bball for my easter…good times.)
Yes we can!!!
I’m just glad the polls see it my way. Bye bye Obama!
First of all, I can’t believe you even get hate mail. Have people nothing better to do? Seriously, what the hell is the matter with people. We are trying to have a society here!
Second, at least no one is calling you mentally ill, like Heather A. on dooce.com – although her hate mail is pretty funny to read.
Way to go Sis.
Susan, you don’t have rules, sister~ you just RULE! Fug ’em! I check your blog daily, and I love you for making me feel like I’m not the only one… (too many things to finish the sentence with!) Wanna know how I found you? My cousin directed me here to watch your post about BACON! So, if someone wants to see a truly fat runner, I should post my last race photo, I don’t think that my tube of Bodyglide was big enough to cover the inside of both thighs! Amy, keep on running, you’re both awesome!!
Oh yeah, and YES WE CAN!
personal attacks have no purpose in a supportive community like blogland.
*clap* *clap* *clap*
Excellent post!
YES, WE CAN!
Oh, and I have your back against all of the anonymous blog haters!
Continue to put it out there! Way to defend yourself and call them out.
You look great..I want your body..mean people suck!!
WWDD?
What would Dooce do?
Well phooey, as a long time lurker I came in here for the spa pictures and leave severely disappointed.
Don’t sweat the small minded internet tough guys that feel the need to berate total strangers from behind a keyboard Susan, they’ll get their asses handed to them when their sister gets home from junior high and puts them in the hurt locker for taking away her computer time on the “High School Musical” message board.
I was just going to post what 21st Century said about McCain’s John Haggee. He thinks I’m an evil person b/c I am Catholic. I guess I have horns coming out of my head also. I’ve posted about ignorance on my blog. I have “friends” who are moving to Ireland and England if Obama gets elected. I say please move your ignorance out of the country.
Anyhow you and your sister are very educated on the candidates and that is what is important.
You are fat? I don’t think so.
Any kind of hate sucks! life’s way short – no time to waste on it. Sorry about the hurtful words.
Runners Amy and Susan RULE!
Mean people suck!!
Obama ’08! YES WE CAN!
Hate mail sucks! Some people have way too much time on their hands. BTW, love the Sarah Silverman “I f@ucked Matt Damon” song!
Thanks for the “spa masturbation” imagery!
It’s unfortunate that some people stoop to personal attacks like that. I’m glad that you brought this to the forefront. Healthy disagreements and public discourse are the democratic way…insulting people, the Republican!
Susan, you help restore my faith in the few things I despise and fear about (certain parts of) this county I have chosen to live in for a while.
I’ve always been too much of a chicken to blog about my very strong political and moral beliefs, for fear of comments like you and your sis received. And that’s really, really sad, and a bit worrying really, when you think about it.
Kudos to you both.
John Stewart and Matt Damon, whew I think it just got hot in here 😉
Sorry some people are such asses, the internet doesn’t seem to bring out the best in these anonymous people.
I think you and your family are wonderful. Hope you had a great Easter.
ah yes, everyone is a tough guy on the internet. dont let it get to you. later.
I better be invited for at least the dinner part of your evening with JS and MD!! BTW, I saw a Hummer 3 the other day with like 3 Obama stickers on it!!!
oh, your sister is “disgusting” but “you are way TOO FAT to run! ” isn’t? do hateful people read their posts and check for hypocrisy or do they just have too much shit in their brains.
oh and just wait, you’ll get the “if you can’t handle it, don’t blog” response. seen that before. phkrz.
being hateful anonymously is just being a spineless git.
i listen to wait wait, don’t tell me a lot. they had the gov of PA on the “not my job” segment. i like what he said. he thinks both H and O are excellent but feels H could do just a bit better. why do you have to loathe one to like another? i don’t get polarity. then he went on to say that at a speech in FL, he asked the O supporters to cheer (they did), then the H supporters to cheer (they did). then he said that only one can get the nomination and that he’ll give you (the audience) 10 days to bitch and moan. after that 10 days, you have to get over it, unite, and get behind the democratic party.
such a divisive country. they say hilary is, but i think without hilary, we’d be just as bitchy. it’s just easier to blame a politician for our own personality faults.
now go give amy a cupcake.
Reason number 3,674 that I don’t talk politics on my blog. But you have every right to and people should be respectful of that.
I’m sorry you and your sister had to put up with that. Trolls should live under bridges and stay off the internet.