Vicarious flame session requested, please

[HulaChicken]

So, I live in a REALLY conservative town, and a friend of mine decides for some reason to post an article from The Onion to our small community board. The article is an interview from a chinese worker who is fed up with working in a factory, making cheap plastic crap for fat ass Americans. It was pretty funny. Repuke nieghbor got bent (obviously) and responds. Understandable that he'd be ticked off, but there's seriousness in his reply. I don't want to make the situation worse and flame away all over this guy's ass, but I'm so annoyed, I needed some stress relief. The board is FULL of bushies, and I don't want to get banned. I gotta hold my tongue, but I think I'm gonna DIE. I can't believe that people actually think things like this. His response to the Onion article was:

"Tis' true that a plastic taco holder may not be exactly necessary for
my kitchen, but if I want to buy it, I will buy it, use it and be
happy about it. It's my "fat ass" (how did he know??) that gives his
skinny tush a job. It may not be much, but where would he be without
it? He probably only pays $2 per month for renting a grass hut with
a dirt floor. If he's unhappy, let him move to the land of the free
and buy his own taco holder. And, because it is America, he can
dispose of it in whatever way he wishes. The next time I happen to
drive by a Walmart, I'm going to march in and buy myself a plastic
cup holder for my car, and never give another thought to this
incredibly ignorant bonehead from the other side of the planet. God bless the USA."

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!! I'm going to steam ALL NIGHT! A little vicarious flaming for relief? I'm all out of beer.

[LearnedHand]

1. Fat Ass, I sentence you to a month in a Chinese factory...

... for being so stupid you don't recognize satire. And you might learn a little compassion while you're at it. Oh, wait, your Chimperor is king of compassion. I forgot.

[beam me up scottie]

2. Nice!

Your user name is well earned!

[upi402]

3. Reich Wing logic? They don't even try, they're so arrogant

:banghead:

[HulaChicken]

4. I think that's what's so damn frusterating

It's SO passive-agressive...
There's just no thought put into it. If there was ANY thought put into it, you could have a discussion, but you can't, because there's nothing to discuss. They've just got their fingers in their ears, being self-righteous and defensive.

[Warpy]

5. Well, you might want to point out

that the Chinese guy (or more likely, woman) making his taco holder doesn't live in a grass hut. If s/he works for a large factory, the accomodations are brand new dormitory style facilities with kitchen areas and indoor plumbing. If it's a small operation in a village, the worker lives at home in a house with his or her parents.

That factory job, which your American friend used to be able to count on as his own, pays the worker enough to live on and send money home, enough to see a doctor when s/he isn't feeling well, and enough for entertainment on days off. Ask your friend how much it costs him to see a doctor, and whether or not he'll be able to afford the copays on doctors, medicines, and hospital stays if he gets really sick. That Chinese worker can, and he's supporting his elderly parents at the same time.

You might also remind your friend that the Chinese worker is seeing a brighter future ahead, while the flood of jobs going to China and other countries from the US makes your friend's future very bleak, indeed.

Also remind him that he's still paying a price for his plastic taco holder that reflects its being made in the US by union labor. The difference between that and what it actually costs that worker in China to make it is what is giving the CEO of the company that sold the plastic taco maker a banner year, and at least $100,000,000 in salary and benefits.

Meanwhile, your friend is watching his pension looted, his health insurance package get smaller every year, and hungry people all over the world lining up to take his job away from him.

Now, how much of a bargain was that plastic taco holder?

[Mythsaje]

6. Excellent...n/t

[stevedeshazer]

7. How does one deal with people so stupid that they don't get the joke?

I'd love to have video of him wandering around his local Wal*Mart looking for a sacred Chinese-made plastic taco holder in order to spite the staffers at The Onion.

What a great country!