My Fan Mail

Since this bashes me and everyone else who contributes to MF, I thought I'd
share it. 

Best,
Kendall "I *AM* the problem" Clark

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From: "Jeffrey Erickson" <jeffrey.m.erickson-XfrvlLN1Pqtfpb/[email protected]>
To: <kendall-4GNy1lrxftmrG/[email protected]>
Subject: Bush's Racist Slur - 10 JAN '02
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 00:24:04 -0500

Mr. Clark,

I read your article at monkeyfist.com re. President Bush's comments.  You
seemed to hold strong opinions re. his use of the term "Pakis".

Son, pull your head out.  "Pakis" is a racist slur?  You go to great lengths
to criticize President Bush, paint him as a racist and a mis-informed boob,
and suggest that his use of the term was highly offensive.  You simply don't
know what you're talking about, and your article amounts to nothing but
trashy political propaganda.

Have you ever been over to Pakistan?  In fact, have you been to that region
at all?  The answer is, quite obviously, no.  Typical.  You're totally
ignorant, but criticize people who are actually out trying to find
solutions.  I have been there numerous times, so I'd like to share the
benefit of actually knowing what I'm talking about.  It will obviously be a
new experience for you.

Here's a clue, Kendall.  "-stan" in Central Eurasia means, "land of".
Afghanistan means land of the Afghans, Kazakhstan means land of the Kazakhs,
and so on.  It's about the one thing they've been able to agree on over the
last thousand years or so.  Pakistan means land of the Paki, or Pakis,
depending on dialect.  It's their tribal name for themselves - and if you'd
ever been there you'd have known it.  The term is an insult only to those
terminally addicted to nursing grievances.  Based on your past feeble
attempts at something approximating journalism, I'd guess you fall neatly
into this category.  Ordinary Pakistanis, or simply Pakis, have more
pressing matters to deal with than nursing hyper-sensitive grudges.  Like
avoiding an impending war with India.  President Bush and his Cabinet are
trying to keeping a couple billion people from being incinerated.  Your main
goal seems to be lying to support a screw-ball political position.  You, and
monkeyfist.com, are pathetic losers.

You conclude your article by suggesting that President Bush deliberately
insulted a vital ally and a staunch supporter of U.S. goals in the region
sheerly out of racist spite.  Son, you're either clinically insane, or so
full of hatred and self-disgust that you're incapable of reason, logic, or
even common sense.  My guess is the latter.  Do us all a favor - don't feel
compelled to write when you're totally ignorant of the subject, have a
political ax to grind, and find it necessary to let your own prejudices and
racism spill over the Internet like a backed-up septic tank, which is what
your 10 January article did.  You already proved yourself to be an idiot -
don't dig yourself any deeper.  Your article was inane; your reasoning
fatally flawed, and the entire effort reeked of an extremist political
agenda.  It is, however, 100% what any intelligent reader would expect from
monkeyfist.com.  My congratulations for exceeding even their standards for
hatred, racism, and shoddy journalism.  As an African-American man I'm
deeply offended by you, your racist scrawlings, and the website that
publishes your filth.  You're not helping, son - in fact, you ARE the
problem.

Jamaal Michaels 

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