I got hate mail from Bono today.

Something totally bizarre is happening. I got bood by CodePink when I performed the National Anthem at a MoveOn Rally last year. Tonight I get hate male from Bono. Or so it said. Came in from my contact form from one “Bono Vox”, and it said:

Ian: 
Until you came along, I was the biggest fucking poser in the world, but now, I'm #2.
If you'll retire from public life, I'll give you $10 million and all of my sunglasses.  
Let me know.
Bono

Maybe “hate” mail is a bit strong for this one but I think it generally falls into the “someone’s being a jackass” category.

The irony of being snidely accused of being a poser by someone posing to be someone s/he also accuses of being a poser is a little mind-bending, almost to the point of ridiculousness.

Should I take this as a kind of doubled-then-halved-twice-negative complement? Is the obvious idiocy of it actually some kind of joke? Does this mean that I actually DO have a public life?

I just deleted a couple paragraphs of angry blogging aimed at the anonymous author, figuring that it wouldn’t be a very “Generate Kindness” thing to post. The irony of ironies is that I really can’t say some of the things I’d really like to say to this person.