Got the most hateful, bigoted pitch this morning, y'all.
Like, why-the-hell-would-you-commit-this-to-writing-with-your-name-on-it hateful.
Like, why-the-hell-would-you-commit-this-to-writing-with-your-name-on-it hateful.
I start reading the email.
Oh shit. I know that name.
Oh shit. I know that name.
ftr, Frank Gaffney is a rabid anti-Muslim conspiracy theorist. You can read more about him and his hateful, bananapants theories here: splcenter.org/fighting-hate/…
I keep reading, still stunned that any PR firm would send such a hate-laden pitch to someone with a Daily Kos email address. Hateful AND stupid, what a mix.
Welp. Gaffney's gonna Gaffney.
"of course"
Come on, dude. That "creeping Sharia" garbage was hot, like, six years ago.
... actually, that "creeping Sharia" bullshit led to actual hatemongering legislation at the state level, thanks to [[checks notes]] Frank Gaffney. archives.cjr.org/united_states_…
Ahem.
After Gaffney and his bros got an anti-Sharia ballot initiative on the Oklahoma ballot in 2010 (it was overwhelmingly approved), they quickly pushed similar legislation in other states that had just been taken over by Rs in the GOP wave.
Anyway, back to that awful email.
My eyeballs were polluted with some good old-fashioned anti-Muslim smears
Gosh, I wondered to myself, I wonder what garbage PR firm would
A. do this kind of hateful work for that kind of hateful man, and
B. Be stupid enough to send it to someone like me
A. do this kind of hateful work for that kind of hateful man, and
B. Be stupid enough to send it to someone like me
Behold, 'tis Hamilton Strategies!
Yes, THIS Hamilton Strategies
...a culture in need of WHAT exactly
I don't know how you got to decide that promoting hate is a way to "live out God's calling" but I guess it gets you paid so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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