hate.com

A friend, who knows I love good satire above most else, sent me a link to a blog called stuffwhitepeoplelike. It was hilarious, almost as hilarious as the comments the postings elicited. First of all I was shocked to learn that so many people were unable to recognize the blog as satire. One would think that the title would be a tip off. Secondly, why are so many self identified white people concerned about how they are viewed as a group ostensibly by other white people (aren’t white people the audience) and why can’t they take a joke? With all the relative power that Americans calling themselves white have enjoyed in the history of this country is there any chance that this blog will bring them down with some well penned observations? Apparently so. Or perhaps they feel that unlike every other group in this country they should not be the butt of jokes, even if they are their own. What cheek! I liked the comments of those attempting to disassociate themselves from the posts claiming that the site was not about their type of white person but really the other type...

Personally, I would love to see a similar website about African-Americans executed in such a manner. Although I may be alone in that because I see little evidence that we as a whole are ready for some much needed self criticism and self examination wrapped in a hard sardonic shell.

I followed a few of the posted comments back to their sources to find out just what sorts of people were offended by the site. One of the sites, a re-reporting site, was particularly disturbing. The author in addition to being an overt racist and a poor writer is a coward; he does not identify himself on the site. His posts are limited to retelling news events that show black people in a particularly harsh manner. For example one item features a story about a black mother who beat her infant to death for soiling his diaper. He pegs the site as

“a political and social commentary blog which may include some conservative content not suitable for everyone: especially not liberal blacks and jews — Phhht!”

I am not sure what “Phhht” is supposed to mean, perhaps it is the sound of the air seeping out of his fatuous head and I am unclear as to why “liberal blacks and jews” have been singled out as people who might be offended by this guy’s shtick. Apparently Black conservatives like James McWhorter and Condoleezza Rice (still Black) and Christians, Muslims and those of Eastern faiths might enjoy a story like the timely “Nigger Parenting 101 - Death for Poop!- I know I did.

But not to be outdone, there are even more ignorant people than Mr. closet racist. A look at the comments on his site takes one even further into the world of hate.com. There are actually people who agree with this loon and are willing to put in writing. This freak, iranianforaryans.blogspot.com, also too much of a coward to identify himself has similar blogs targeting Jews and Latinos. Judging from his posts, he is a racist struggling to understand why people don’t want to give him or his cohorts an outlet for fomenting hatred. Go figure? Luckily he can foment for free online and you can email him from his site if you want to tell him how the evil Jews stopped you from getting that Malibu Barbie for Xmas when they killed Jesus.

At the end of the day it doesn’t matter what these poor deluded self loathing wanna-be miscreants think, but it sure is amusing to ponder their efforts from the comfort of my apartment snuggled up next to my white husband in our predominantly Jewish community and know that they will never be successful.