Captain Ed Opens the Hate Mail Bag

Apparently, there are more "Wake[s]4Democracy" than can be kept up with. But this one is particularly entertaining:

I get e-mail that falls into the ridiculous category, messages that spew bile instead of rational thought. What these mouthbreathers think they accomplish in sending this is beyond me, but for your amusement, I present to you Jerry M. Landay:

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Dear "Captain:"

Your "title," a monument to monumental self-infatuation, is the tip-off to the nature of the loudmouth mentality that issues from the politico-narcissists who are now mis-identified as "conservatives." There is nothing "conservative" about you brown-shirts. You are poorly-parented, spoiled, ill-educated right-wing radicals who are despoiling everything American you touch - including our standing in the world.

Your fascistic, anti-Constitutional mentality would make our Founders turn over in their graves.
I would urge you to attempt to master rational thought, but I think that is no longer possible. You are what happens when too much money and a computer find their way into the hands of Squirrelheads.

Wearily Worried

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Note that Mr. Landay didn't bother to sign his real name, but it came through on his e-mail address.

I just love that last part. But what I love even more is what Mr. Landay does for a living:

Check out the comments on this post - Jerry Landay is a former reporter for CBS and ABC. That's the best they can do?

A profoudly telling snapshot of the current state of Big Media, those two sentences.

My only real question is why it took Mr. Landay 116 words to say, "[Bleep] you!" All of which goes to show that brevity is as much the soul of candor as it is wit.