People are stupid, sorry

I get dozens of reader e-mails at work each day (no, not readers of this site, unfortunately) and most of the time, these people just have way too much free time on their hands. They are rarely worthwhile.

Today, I got three e-mails from people referencing this e-mail referenced in a Snopes article about Barack Obama. They first went on about how the bible warns about a charismatic man from the east who is actually the anti-Christ… Dramatic much? I seriously doubt God was super concerned about a “Muslim” (I use quotes because Obama is NOT a muslim as the e-mail claims) becoming president of America way back when the bible was written. Not only did America not exist then, but even if he/she/it knew it would, would he/she/it be really be so concerned about its well being as to warn us via the bible?

The e-mail actually tells people to check snopes to verify that the outrageous claims made about Obama are true, when in fact, Snopes goes through each of the ridiculous points in the e-mail and says how they are wrong.

Anyway, these people actually want a reputable news source to discuss the e-mail and warn citizens that the anti-Christ is running for president, they are very concerned that the media hasn’t picked up on this story yet…

How did the American population get so stupid? The e-mail says to check Snopes, but apparently the people receiving this article are too dumb to type in the Web address, which isn’t all that surprising considering they even believe the outrageous claims to begin with.