Anonymity Breeds Stupidity

Hello My Dear Friends. I'm always amazed, but not surprised, at how ignorant people can be, especially under the cloak of anonymity. The new Miss America was crowned last night. She's a beautiful 24-year old woman from the Syracuse area. She's also of Indian decent. No sooner was she crowned, when the Twittersphere lit up with the most ridiculous and ignorant comments. People tweeted things like "Congratulations Al-Qaeda. Our Miss America is one of you" and "September 11th was 4 days ago and she gets Miss America". Seriously? Most of those comments were taken down when media outlets starting publishing them. That's because the "authors" were being outed. These cyber hate mongers get their muscle from anonymity. Once the curtain is removed, they crawl back into holes and hide. They don't have the courage, or the brains, to spew their hate openly. What bothers me the most is not the racism, it's the ignorance of basic common knowledge. Miss America is of Indian decent. That's India. For the benefit of those who want to equate a Syracuse area native with Al-Qaeda or September 11th, India is NOT in the Middle East. It's in South Asia. Pick up a freaking map once in a while. It's bad enough to "voice" your blind hate but when you aren't even smart enough to know who you are hating or why, it really gets annoying. The vast majority of Indians, about 80%, identify as Hindu not Muslim. You don't really hear a lot about Hindu extremists, do you? So, since I am a firm believer in free speech, let me say this. If you want to sit in your parents basement an toss out anonymous hate, that's your right. But, for the sake of the rest of us, could you spend a little more time at the library and a little less time at Comic-Con before you do? Thanks.
Po