Today I may just have deep-sixed a friendship.

Yahoo, being the overly clever thing that it is, started automatically sending me a friend's Twitter posts as status updates. I haven't seen him in a while, but we cross paths every few years. Regardless, I was shocked by the hate this generally gentle man was posting over and over again about "Islamists."

Read more: Anger and 9/11 @ About.com
(Sorry, I'm not allowed to publish About.com blog posts in full on other sites)

2 comments

  1. Anonymous // September 13, 2010 at 1:22 AM  

    I really hope you quoted Yoda to him.

  2. Catherine Noble Beyer // September 19, 2010 at 11:50 AM  

    When I think Yoda, I think "Do or do not. There is no try." I suspect you have some other quote in mind. =)