Posted in Email from Grammy, tagged Argument, Obama, politics, Racism on August 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is the last bit. At this point I discovered that I’d been volleying with a husband/wife team. The wife tended more towards the “kindness” viewpoint where the husband was more antagonistic.
ANTAGONIST (only to me):
I must set the record straight. I did speak up about the racist email that was sent to us. If you [...]
Posted in Email from Grammy, tagged Argument, Obama, politics, Racism on August 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is a continuation of the last two posts. Now the emails get personal. Please note I’ve removed references to my personal email. I’ve decided to go with anonymity with this blog, and though anyone on this email thread will likely recognize it, I don’t want to make it too easy.
ANTAGONIST (Reply just to me)
By [...]
Posted in Email from Grammy, tagged Argument, Obama, politics, Racism on August 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In our previous installment we discussed what happened when my partner’s much loved, yet very Republican grandmother sent out a very negative email about Barack Obama.
I was, naturally, appalled. But I had no idea the drama that would spring from this.
First, Partner’s step-aunt replied-all…
This is racist and a disgusting kind of email….!!
Please don’t send [...]
Posted in Email from Grammy, tagged Argument, Obama, politics, Racism on August 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From time to time (daily) my partner’s grandmother sends out emails of a political nature. Grammy is a lovely woman and I adore her. She’s fiercely loyal to her family, intelligent, responsible and funny. She has an amazing strength of character and I’d be honored to be as awesome as she when I’m her age.
However, [...]
