![]() ![]() Oh, and don’t send me the manipulative chain email saying Snopes is political! That’s garbage too! Just because they don’t share the political slant of lies does not make them wrong. In other words, think FIRST, before you hit Send. There are plenty of real horrors in the world to get up in arms about, and those horrors are more deserving of your attention than made-up stories designed to support some fringe political position. Check it on Snopes or another apolitical debunking site to see if it’s real, or not. I’m not, in fact, a Democrat myself, and some of his actions have given me pause no one is going to agree with every decision, every policy, every initiative of any president.īut do you want to be used as a pawn in a disinformation campaign with political or racist goals? If not, then think about that email you get that says you should “pass on to everyone you know” no matter how good the cause sounds. Now, if you have legitimate gripes about the president, that’s fine. Maybe it’s a coincidence, but I just don’t think so. Each and every one a lie, but sent out to manipulate the gullible. Think back to the recent presidential campaign, where emails circulated like mad with charges like Barack Obama was not born in the U.S., or that he “refuses” to pledge allegiance to the flag, or “refuses” to wear an American flag lapel pin. They’re very often used for political manipulation. There’s a reason my Spam Primer talks about spam “and other email pests” like chain letters. Smells of racism, doesn’t it? Would a Medal of Honor recipient condone his name being used to perpetuate racism? I doubt it very, very much. There’s another similarity: Chris Brown is a black entertainer. Yet that was manipulation too: that February 2009 arrest was six months after Freeman’s death. Snopes, which tracks and debunks stories like this, notes that the same email was previously used to compare the “lack of coverage” of Freeman’s death with “some Hip-Hop coward beating the crap out of his ‘girlfriend'” - a reference, Snopes says, to “rapper Chris Brown’s having been arrested in February 2009 on charges of battery against his girlfriend, Rihanna.” Worse, this political manipulation was done on purpose: someone had to put that fake date on there, and I have little doubt that it was done knowingly. (Photo: the White House) And It’s Not an Accident Ed Freeman is awarded the Medal of Honor by President George W. Yet instead of honoring him, they are letting others use him as a political pawn to complain that the public cares about other people, too.Īnd yet these hypocrites dare to point fingers and scream “SHAME!”? They should be looking in the mirror when they do it. So if it’s “shame on” anyone, it’s those who didn’t notice those numerous stories about Freeman - those who either didn’t pay attention or, worse, forgot about Ed Freeman. So who didn’t notice the death of the great American hero? That’s right: the people who are complaining about the coverage of someone who did die on June 25, 2009. And you know what? I noticed that he died, because “the media” did, in fact, honor him very well with obituaries and news stories about this American hero. Now, I actually pay attention to the obituaries because I honor someone each week. Rather, we should pray and worry earnestly whether we are on God’s side.” –Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the U.S.) They Lie * (“Our task should not be to invoke religion and the name of God by claiming God’s blessing and endorsement for all our national policies and practices, saying, in effect, that God is on our side. Rather, he died on Augten months prior to Michael Jackson. ![]() Ignoring the implication that God takes sides in our earthly wars *, there’s a good reason the media ignored Ed Freeman on June 25 in favor of Michael Jackson: Ed Freeman didn’t die on June 25, 2009. The media has no honor and God is watching.” But, “A real American hero dies and not a mention of it in the news. ![]() “Michael Jackson dies and it’s 24/7 news coverage,” the email that everyone has been forwarding to me concludes. Here’s the kicker, the angry twist with the post many are forwarding: “Shame on the American Media” for not honoring Ed Freeman with obituaries and news stories after this great American hero died on June 25, 2009.ĭoes that date sound familiar? Might not I had to look to confirm that indeed it’s the same date Michael Jackson died. In July 2009 a new trend started: people wanting me to do an Honorary Unsubscribe write-up for Ed Freeman, a brave Vietnam War helicopter pilot who saved about 30 shot-up kids and was awarded the Medal of Honor - the U.S.’s highest military decoration. I generally don’t want suggestions for True’s Honorary Unsubscribe feature my usual problem is having far too many possibilities for the one slot each week. ![]()
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