Dooce: A Mommy Blogger Gets Death Threats For Posting This....

[writes3000]

Here's the first few paragraphs of her blog. The rest is worth reading along with the thousands of responses.

"And... boom
Thursday, September 4 2008 File Under: Daily

Yesterday was one of those days when the Universe wraps itself around my head and humps my skull just to show its dominance. Sort of like the times Coco climbs on top of Chuck's backside and moves her lady parts in and out, in and out, as if that would even work if things were functioning, and Chuck just stands there and lets her do it, sometimes glancing over at me as if to say, she thinks I'm buying this. She really thinks this is intimidating, and we both know that all this means is she is a total fucking nutjob.

Except, I believe the Universe very much when it tells me it is in charge. And a lot of what happened and then continued to happen yesterday falls squarely into the bag of things I will not write about on this website. And that bag is labeled PRESERVING MY RELATIONSHIP WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

I think things were made worse by my mood, one of wanting to walk around shooting randomly at things that could splatter or at least topple over in a magnificent way, and I don't even believe in the right to own a gun. In the last few days I have received innumerable requests to weigh in on what is currently going on with the circus that is the Republican National Convention, and I call it a circus because I'm trying to be nice. You have to understand that my family reads this website, and in order for us to have a working relationship I have to be careful when I write about certain things. But my blood pressure is such that if I don't say a few things about this then my head may just explode, and then it'd be all their fault. And they'd go to jail. So this is how I'm rationalizing what I am about to write.

I am angry. I am infuriated. And I don't think I would be if Sarah Palin were a qualified or competent choice as McCain's running mate. But the fact, the reality is that she is not. And instead of demanding better from their party, instead of going, wait a minute, no, we deserve better than this, many Republicans are contorting themselves into a denial of reality. (please read this, it's a report from the AP, not some spooky liberal blog that wants to kill babies) And that right there is what has been going on for the last eight years.

And I am just so damn sick of it.

Any time I engage with one of my conservative friends or family members, or sometimes the conservative commenters on this website, it usually devolves into them screaming about WELFARE! and TAXES! and THE GOVERNMENT IS TAKING MY MONEY AND GIVING IT TO PEOPLE WHO DON'T WORK! And what they don't understand is that this is not the issue at all. What I and many of my more liberal friends want is to HELP people, not give them a free ride, but also not to ignore those who would benefit from us tossing them a life jacket."

http://www.dooce.com/2008/09/04/and-boom

[BrklynLiberal]

1. I LOVE that blog....I check it out frequently!!!!

She is great....

Thank goodness the VAST majority of the comments were positive and supportive...

[writes3000]

2. I'm reading the comments now and the first hundred are great.

I suspect it gets nastier as it goes.

[BrklynLiberal]

3. Guess omeone told someone and one of them felt the need to crap on her...

[blogslut]

4. I read the entry

I liked it. However, where were the death threats? Were there some in the comments?"

[writes3000]

5. Here's where she mentions the death threat...

http://www.dooce.com/2008/09/05/well-was-fun

Well, that was fun
Friday, September 5 2008 File Under: Daily

Nothing like waking up to a death threat to make you feel so alive! And refreshed! I'm just glad it didn't come from my mom.

[blogslut]

6. Thanks

Now I see. :)