AMERICANS UNITED – Inbox Full Of Hate: New Book Explores Messages From The Dark Side

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When you work at a place like Americans United, you have to be prepared for people who feel compelled to write in and tell you why you’re all wrong. Some do it politely, but many more don’t.

Sometimes the reactions we get are funny. I’ll never forget the man who emailed us a few years ago after I appeared on the Fox News Channel. He not only disagreed with what I said, he made fun of me for wearing a hairpiece! (I hate to break it to you, pal, but my mop is 100 percent real.)

But some messages we get aren’t funny at all. They’re threatening, mean-spirited and vile. And those you must always take seriously.

Many of our allies get this stuff, too. The Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF), founded in 2005 by Mikey Weinstein, has been on the receiving end of some truly vicious hate mail. Because Mikey is Jewish, much of what floods his inbox has been anti-Semitic and absolutely disgusting.

Mikey’s wife, Bonnie, recently decided to undertake an interesting project. She has collected some of the MRFF’s worst mail and published it in a book along with some commentary.

This may seem like an unusual approach, but it’s effective in bringing home the point of how filled with bitterness and rage some of these people are – and how much they absolutely hate anyone who dares to stand up for freedom of conscience and the separation of church and state.

Mikey sent me an early copy of Bonnie’s book. Reading it, I could only wonder about the mental health of some of these individuals…

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