DISPATCHES FROM
THE TROOPS
RESISTANCE FIGHTERS WRITE IN ON
Geoff Says Don't
Send It,
It's An Overreaction
From: Geoff
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 13:35:35
EST
Subject: John Doe Exchange
To: thediva@coup2k.com
Some feedback-
I don't think you should send
this as written. You are
overreacting. Not to the situation or
the ideology that underpins the Right wing agenda, but rather to this person as
a person. He actually took the time to
write a letter which included as much empathy as he is capable of, and of
course he can be faulted for wanting to rationalize circumstances so that he
can step aside from moral agency (an incredibly powerful concept which tortures
me in my own life to a degree that inclines me to forgive rather than
chastise). Nevertheless, the central
question in your correspondence is, Do you want this person in your life?
If you do I would say you have to
talk to him using what he has chosen to give you. He has principles and a
conscience but seems to draw a line at the money. As you pointed out in your brilliant article about Bartering Democracy, what
dollar amount does he ascribe to social justice? How much of a tax cut makes it alright to commit envirocide? If you wish to communicate he is going to
have to be more than a cipher, a screen on which to project a righteous anger.
If not, screw it. Let him have
it.
Sincerely,
Geoff DeWan
Dear Geoff:
Thanks for the feedback.
I felt the same way as you,
thinking this person didn't sound like such a "bad guy", until I saw
his websites. Once I did, I felt
geared-up for total verbal war...
No, I don't want him in my life;
and, yes, I'd like to use him for a punching bag (metaphorically speaking).
-Tammy
"The Diva"
coup2k.com
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Chris Says Send It,
Wake John Doe Up
From: Chris
To: <thediva@coup2k.com>
Subject: Re: John Doe Exchange
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 11:02:47
-0800
Dear Diva,
I say send it. The guy needs a
wake up call. So many supporters of the Republican party try to disassociate
themselves from the worst aspects of their party by saying, "but I'M not like
that". That means crap. Your
leaders represent you. If your leaders do something that you disagree with
(which this guy appears to do) then decent morality REQUIRES that you make that
clear and that you NOT support those whose agenda you find abhorrent.
Keep fighting,
Chris
Dear Chris:
I feel exactly the way you do:
See: BARTERING THE BIRTHRIGHT
http://www.coup2k.com/swapmeet1.html
I want to send the e-mail,
too. I just wanted to get feedback,
first, to see if anyone thought the argument I made was off-base or
over-the-top.
I, of course, don't think it is;
but then, I am emotionally very close to the subject matter.
Thanks for your input. I will decide by the end of today whether or
not to send it. I hope I do...
Keep writing, and keep
fighting...
-Tammy
"The Diva"
coup2k.com
Dear Diva,
One thing I found interesting in
this guys most recent response to you: at the same time as he refuses to be lumped
in with the intolerant members of his own party, he lumps EVERYONE on the left
into a single mass who wants nothing more then to enforce a PC-tax-and-spend
regime on his ass.
I call this Limbaughitis: the
near-religious belief that everyone on the left is part of a grand conspiracy
to make everyone else abject slaves to a certain political ideology.
Yes, there are people on the
left who suffer from the same malady. But they don't have ANY access to the
airwaves.
Chris
Dear Chris:
That is a dead-on
assessment: the right (who own damn
near everything, and now run damn-near everything) are having a big pity-party
about how oppressed they are.
Please!
Please, please!
It is to LAUGH.
-Tammy
"The Diva"
coup2k.com
There are some on the right who
know that the whole "liberal
media" bulls**t is just that. But a considerable number of them have
been saying it for so long that it has become an ingrained part of their
psyche. To deny it would require a fundamental shift in the paradigms that
control their life. For them it would be better to believe a lie then to admit
that they have been fooled into believing a lie.
-Chris
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Nita Says to Send
It,
The Guy Is Full of
Crap
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 15:04:08
-0500
From: Nita
Subject: John Doe Exchange
To: thediva@coup2k.com
Great response to his "duck
and cover" excuses for his support and promotion of RightWingNut behavior
and candidates. He was trying to
"witness" to you about the joys of RightWingNut
"freedom". They are
continuing their campaign of mis-information and lies ("We are just plain
folks that love freedom and BBQ's!").
They will do and say ANYTHING to divide us, to confuse us, to soften us,
to weaken us, to turn us against each other, ANYTHING. Of course, you saw right through him - go
and call him out - He deserves it.
Viva the Diva!
Peace,
Nita in Connecticut
Dear Nita:
"VIVA THE DIVA!" I like that! Very much!
Thanks!
-Tammy
"The Diva"
coup2k.com
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Robert Says Send It,
But Only If It's
Safe
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 18:26:13
-0500
From: Robert Caccioppoli
Reply-to: rcaccio@spec.net
To: thediva@coup2k.com
Subject: John Doe Exchange
Give me just a moment to compose
myself...there, my eyes aren't blurry anymore.
You write with passion kiddo,
and this is a powerful piece. I don't know who your dueling partner is, or
what, if any, importance you attach to maintaining contact with him. But I say,
having already relived your pain over this truly senseless, and unfortunately
all too common "American" tragedy (your words burn off my monitor,
the bile and bitterness leaps off the screen - I'm not kidding, I was crying!),
I say let 'em have it. Both barrels, to continue the firearms metaphor. He
seems to be precariously balanced between good and evil, can your words make a
difference? Probably not, based on the company he keeps (peer pressure), but it
might be worth a try. So if you feel safe about it, go for it.
Yours, in admiration,
Robert
[DIVA NOTE: Robert is a regular contributor to the BBBR,
and someone who always overestimates me.
I am always so flattered that I never know WHAT to write back...]
CHECK OUT HIS WORK:
HELLO AGAIN - Robert Checks
Back In
ROBERT ON "THE AMAZING
MIRACLE BANANA REPUBLIC DIET"
The Jaded: ROBERT'S COUP2K EXPERIENCE
ROBERT JOINS ME IN THE BLACK RACE
DON'T STOP THINKING ABOUT
TOMORROW
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Fred Says Send It,
But It's
Pointless...
And We're in Trouble
From: Fred
To: <thediva@coup2k.com>
Subject: John Doe Exchange
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 13:00:24
-0500
Diva,
Excellent response! Of
course you should send it, though it will not do any good. We, as a nation, have firmly set our feet
down the road to totalitarianism, and such a large segment of society accepts
it (and the stolen election) without question, that it is extremely unlikely
that the Right, now emboldened, will let up.
Expect the 2002 and 2004 elections to be fraught with fraud and
tampering; also expect that poorer areas of the nation will still have antiquated
voting machinery, EXPECT THAT ABSENTEE BALLOTS IN ALL STATES WILL COME CLOSE TO
DOUBLING THEIR TOTALS, AS THEY DID IN FLORIDA.
Also expect that new and more ruthless methods of stuffing the ballot
box will be designed and executed in the very light of day. Forget ever having a National Voter
Database, which would work to stop this type of fraud. The very totalitarian powers that control
it's fate have the most to lose by it's implementation.
I am a Jew, and I am virtually certain (given that the American
Fascism that's coming won't completely resemble Nazi Fascism) and convinced
that it WILL happen here. Get ready for
the future, for the Brave New World.
Never forget (God help me) until people like you and I, (or our
descendants) are murdered in our beds, too.
That's coming in the next 40 years: the rise of the American Brownshirt
(hasn't happened yet, Thank God).
Fred
Dear Fred:
I share your concerns, but I
still have hope, or I wouldn't be doing what I'm doing.
The rightwing seems to have
perfected the fracturing of the progressive base, and the pitting of one
American against another. They have
also played the "big tent" lie consummately, convincing people that
their agenda isn't what it IS. They've given people "cover" to be
conservatives, without having to accept the moral implications of voting that
way, and enabling that agenda.
It's a mess, and a
nightmare. Still, I'm not giving up,
not for a second.
Keep writing, and keep
fighting...
-Tammy
"The Diva"
coup2k.com
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Hugh Sees Through
John Doe
-- Completely
Dear Tammy,
I just got to your email of earlier today (actually it was
yesterday at this point). I thought
the letter from "xxxx" sounded kind of fake. If it wasn't, then he seemed like someone
who was writing things that he didn't really believe in. I don't remember all the particulars, but
in a couple of places he faintly contradicted himself, and lacked any trace of
sincerity in his apologies, and in his positions. It almost came off like he was making himself up as he went along
in order to make one of his points.
Like: "I think everyone should wear a gun around their neck, and
the reason that makes sense is because I don't hate gay people, I have
daughters, and I hug trees."
Kind of creepy. Do you
think he is for real?
Fighting on,
Hugh
Dear Hugh:
You're good! You pegged him!
I have been to his sites, so I
know for a fact that he is NOT for real.
Everything he mentions, from gay rights to McCarthyism, is belied by his
sites. You have to take my word for
this, because I am not going to post his URL's and give him any more traffic.
...But I will say this: On the "editorial" page of his
site, the first graphic is a picture of the students at Kent State being fired
upon, and the text reads, "STRENGTH OF THE RIGHTEOUS! Victory at Kent State, May 4, 1970 -- Total
War on Leftism."
Take my word for it. This guy is lying his a** off...
What a shock... NOT!
-Tammy
"The Diva"
coup2k.com
SO... I'M SENDING
IT... AS SOON AS I GET MY E-MAIL TO WORK!