Blatant Propaganda

Today I was forwarded a blatant piece of propaganda by a family member and it immediately drew a comparison in my head to the anti-Jew propaganda Hitler proliferated leading up to WWII. Of course the Jews weren't out to dilute the Aryan race or take over the country or any of the many other lies the Nazis made up, but the propaganda certainly did its part to make enough of the German people believe that it was true to the point that Hitler got his way.

This propaganda I received was meant to proliferate the false idea that the U.S. Government and the atheists are out to remove God from any and all aspects of government. [In this case, by removing it from the design of the new dollar coins.] And even if they were, who cares? It's not the government's job to enforce a belief in God by all citizens - no matter how much the propagandist right wingers might think that's the case. [Also none of the government's business is the gender of the person I want to marry.]

I have pasted the text of the propaganda email I got below here, so you can all see for yourselves. Unfortunately I can't figure out how to get the original in all its tacky glory attached here complete with pictures and different font sizes, colors, and typefaces on each paragraph.

[start hyper-christian propaganda here]

Subject: Fw: DO NOT ACCEPT THE NEW DOLLAR COINS AS CHANGE
Please help do this... refuse to accept these when they are handed to you. I received one from the Post Office as change and I asked for a dollar bill instead. the lady just smiled and said 'way to go,' so she had read this e-mail. Please help out... our world is in enough trouble without this too!!!!!
U.S.Government to release new dollar coins...


You guessed it...
IN GOD WE TRUST IS GONE
If ever there was a reason to boycott something, THIS IS IT!!!!
DO NOT ACCEPT THE NEW DOLLAR COINS AS CHANGE
Together we can force them out of circulation.
Please send to all on your mail list !!!

[end hyped-christian propaganda]

What makes this worse is that it's not even true. They just moved the "In God We Trust" along with "E Pluribus Unum" to the outside edge of the coin. Thankfully my brother Snopes'd it so I didn't have to.

Some of my first thoughts after reading this hype were as follows:

"how many married guys stuffing dollar bills into a stripper's g-string see the 'in god we trust' on the bill and think twice about their wife and kids back home?"

OR

"how many druggies see the 'in god we trust' while rolling the bill up to snort their coke with pause to wonder where their life went wrong?"

OR

"how many hookers and/or pimps counting up their take for the night see 'in god we trust' on the money and decide to change their way of living?"

"uh, yea... zero." is the answer to all of those questions.

And what's the goal of this propaganda? Of all the problems facing our country, the one to worry about and have a shit-fit over is this one? Really? Dollar coins not having the word God on their face? THAT'S the biggest threat to our country? Somebody needs to get a frikken life!