I recently received an email from a friend, a dear friend, which was attributed to David Kaiser. It was factually innacurate and was basically a hate-filled document written by someone who resents that they lost the last election when Barack Obama was chosen to be president of the United States. Normally I just allow this kind of thing to pass. It stops with me and I send it no further. I used to respond to all such publications but that was some time ago. I have discovered that people who send out this type email correspondence really have no interest in honest and civil dialogue and no interest in the truth. It is always possible to find someone who will support your positions regardless of how outlandish they may be. But, I was disappointed with this particular one and needed to debunk it.
I wanted to debunk the email, not because I found it offensive and infuriating, but, rather, because I care for the friend who sent it out. She stated that it stated her position perfectly. I began researching in order to debunk what was said in the otherwise well-written article. I began where many people would begin their research, I simply googled the name of the author. It was amazing to see the first thing that appeared was a blog post by this author denying that he ever wrote the thing, disclaiming it and then discrediting it. I found his article to be well-written and very enlightening. I then went on to read some more of his posts in his blog and found all of them to be quite informative.
I responded to the e-mail and included a link whereby my friend would be able to read for herself what David Kaiser had to say on this subject. I hope this does some good.
