I somehow got onto a right-wing Christian mailing list. Without fail, EVERY email they send me is both amusing and disturbing. That they’re so wrong, but so earnest, is funny. That they’re enticing others to be so wrong and earnest, that’s disturbing.
The latest was an Action Alert! from the stick-up-the-backside “American Family Association”:
“Pepsi Produces Another TV Ad Promoting the Gay Lifestyle”
Yes, the “gay lifestyle.” The lifestyle that people choose, and then recruit others into, so they can all be evil and debauched together, and get people to hate them. All done deliberately, you understand, and in opposition to good traditional American Christian values.
And yes, Pepsi is saying “Be Gay!! Everybody drink Pepsi and engage in homosexual activity!! Don’t be like all those heterosexuals who drink Coke!” What better publicity campaign could you get?
I had to respond to the part that said “Sign the Boycott Pepsi Pledge.”
I filled out the form …
They thanked me for filling out the form …
And then I got a followup email thanking me again for filling out the form …
Hey, it’s juvenile as hell, but then again, it’s a response completely appropriate to the campaign.