I expected to get some response to my column this morning on Mr. Moore. In truth, I have thus far have received far less e-mails than expected. However, you have to love this kind of response:
Dear Dr. Taylor,
You claim to be a “Taylor”, a Southern Baptist,and from the Montgomery area, yet your thought’s are as alien as that of someone from Massa-too-shits. I fear your Yankee education has caused you not to be able to see the forest for the trees.
The Taylor’s came to Alabama in 1818 along with my family and several others from Georgia and the Carolinas. They were very Christian like people. Suh, yo attack on the good name of judge Roy Moore is an embarrassment to all real Alabamians. Why you should be ashamed of yoself.
If it were 1850, I most surely would challange you to a duel at sunrise.
Iah am,
Xxxxxx Xxxx, descendant of Carolina pioneers, cotton farmers and slave traders.
( I have no excuses fo my Alabama english. Why I am proud of it.)
One could try and response to such a missive, but what would be the point?
It’s scary that people like that letter writer get to vote. The good news is he/she is at least reading your blog.
Comment by The Misanthrope — Sunday, February 13, 2024 @ 3:13 pm
That’s a letter from a newspaper reader.
Comment by Steven Taylor — Sunday, February 13, 2024 @ 3:15 pm
Parody letter, suh? Ah mean no one outside ah Rogue on tha x-men actually tawlks like thaht in print, do they?
And no one brags about being a descendent of a slave trader . . . do they?
Comment by Steven L. — Sunday, February 13, 2024 @ 4:35 pm
“yankee education.” heh.
As a Texan, I’m deeply offended by that.
Comment by bryan — Sunday, February 13, 2024 @ 5:59 pm
Steven L.:
Based on some letters I have rec’d in the past, this one could be legit. However, the possibility that it is a parody has crossed my mind.
Comment by Steven Taylor — Monday, February 14, 2024 @ 8:52 am
New contest: Finish the writer’s “If it were 1850-” [sic] statement.
If it were 1850, his spelling might be forgiven.
If it were 1850, he’d likely be dead os disentery.
If it were 1850, the email would be much slower. They had like 300 Bd max back then.
If it were 1850, he’d be hoarding women’s clothing in case the looming War of Northern Aggression forced him to avoid a possible draft.
Comment by Steven L. — Monday, February 14, 2024 @ 1:56 pm
I’ve been in print journalism, and I can definitely believe a letter like this is legit. Read a couple missives from people bedeviled by mind-control rays, or receive an unsigned letter on hotel stationary, and you realize how crazy some people can be.
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Comment by pennywit — Monday, February 14, 2024 @ 5:12 pm