At some
time in the near future, you may receive from someone a reposting on Facebook of something
I have created specifically for the purpose of having it reposted as much as
possible.
You have no
idea who I am, whom or what I might represent, or the sources from which I have
derived my information or ideas. But I
shall now ask you to imagine a heartwarming – or heartbreaking – scenario
involving some or all of the following:
pets, babies, the American flag, people I think you should hate or love,
and situations I think you should be supportive of, outraged over, or moved to
tears by. I will then say something
which will be intended to sound terribly wise and profound, but which is actually
pretty shallow and ill-thought-out. It
will, however, seem to make perfect sense in the context I provide.
With a
little luck, this posting will continue to pop up on FB news feeds for years to
come and long after everything I tell you has been completely debunked by
reasonable and intelligent people who have bothered to check the facts.
Let’s see
who reposts this and receives untold wealth and numbers of new FB friends, and
demonstrates that they are the kind of people who have made this country great;
and how many will fail to repost and thus demonstrate to millions of people
world-wide that they hate God, America, me, and each of those millions’ of FB
users’ individual mothers – simply because I have said so.
I will predict that only 3% of you will repost -- a number which I have pulled directly out of thin air with no actual data to support it. I will also claim that those who repost are my only true friends and that I know who you are; thus insuating that failing to repost is proof that you don't love me.
Have a nice day.
dsh