I usually look forward to getting QSL cards in the mail, so today I thought I’d hit the jackpot when three arrived. Unfortunately, my joy today was short-lived. One of the cards arrived in an envelope that not only included a small pamphlet entitled, “God’s Plan for Salvation,” but also a card with the heading, “Politically Incorrect QSL Card.”
Under the heading, were the following items:
- “Put prayer back in our schools,”
- “American first,”
- “Stand for the U.S. Constitution, or fall for the New World Order,”
- “Return America to the God of the inerrant Bible,”
- and several other right-wing screeds.
Now, everyone certainly has a right to their beliefs, but I just don’t think they belong on a QSL card. Shouldn’t ham radio be above this kind of politicking?
It’s also disturbing to me because it seems to me that this card was sent out of a desire to proselytize and not out of a sense of camaraderie. I don’t know for sure, but I’d guess that the sender doesn’t even really care to get a card in return.
Oh, well. I guess I shouldn’t get so worked up about this. I should just toss the card into the recycle bin and move on. What do you think?