I'd say it's even worse than spam.

I’m beginning to think more and more that my Aunt is one of those scary Republicans. I hate some of these forwards that she emails me because they play on readers’ fears. One that I got a while ago told me to refuse to use the one dollar coins because “In God We Trust” is not on there. In fact, the national motto is engraved on the coin. It’s on the edges. I wrote her back saying, “People just don't see all sides of the issue. Not only will continue to use the dollar coin. I actually support the discontinuation of the dollar bill.” I also included a picture of the dollar coin with the motto visible just for her future reference.

Well now the following has shown up in my inbox:

How Budweiser handled those who laughed at those who died on the 11th of September 2001…

Thought you might like to know what happened in a little town north of Bakersfield, California.

After you finish reading this, please forward this story on to others so that our nation and people around the world will know about those who laughed when they found out about the tragic events in New York, Pennsylvania, and the Pentagon.

On September 11th, a Budweiser employee was making a delivery to a convenience store in a California town named McFarland. He knew of the tragedy that had occurred in New York when he entered the business to find the two Arabs, who owned the business, whooping and hollering to show their approval and support of this treacherous attack.

The Budweiser employee went to his truck, called his boss and told him of the very upsetting event! He didn’t’ feel he could be in that store with those horrible people. His boss asked him, “Do you think you could go in there long enough to pull every Budweiser product and item our beverage company sells there? We’ll never deliver to them again.”

The employee walked in, proceeded to pull every single product his beverage company provided and left with an incredible grin on his face. He told them never to bother to call for a delivery again.

Budweiser happens to be the beer of choice for that community. Just letting you know how Kern County handled this situation. And now the rest of the story:

It seems that the Bud driver and the Pepsi man are neighbors. Bud called Pepsi and told him. Pepsi called his boss who told him to pull all Pepsi products as well!!! That would include Frito Lay, etc. Furthermore, word spread and all vendors followed suit! At last report, the store was closed indefinitely.

Good old American passive-aggressive a$$ whoppin’!

On its face, this message reeked of bullshit. Understandable since it’s not true. Yes there were people who were cheered for the 9-11 attacks but this message plays on people’s xenophobia and nationalism. I responded once more and told her that this story is not true.

I’ve always thought my Aunt was a good woman but the more I have to deal with her fear baiting and her righteous homophobia, I am questioning that judgment.