If you don’t know Chuck, you should! You may know of him, but didn’t realize it. He’s a really BAD American…one I would be honored to meet! Check out this post as well as his others as he is someone you should know!
And here’s a Marine Mom you should know! I don’t know how I would have handled this situation, probably punch first and apologize (maybe) later, but I wish mostly that she hadn’t had to be in that situation in the first place. Some people are so ignorant it’s beyond my comprehension!
Yep. I , too, would have punched first — & asked questions, later.
Simply UNbelievable!
I think the saddest part of all, Trish, is that it isn’t unbelievable anymore! We’re hearing this more and more and it’s horrid that people would speak that way and act that way.
I find it amazing that some people can this ignorant.
It’s just sickening that anyone could feel and think that way. Looks as if we’re all (troops supporters) going to be called on to continually defend our defenders soon. We’d better limber up our fingers and anything else we can use. I can’t stand to think that the worms who are supposed to be Americans will treat our current troops as they did the troops who went to Vietnam. I’ll have to start carrying a weapon of some kind – and/or a stool so that I can reach someone’s mouth to smack the crap out of them if they say something that denigrating in my presence.
It is so sad, M*A! And this is just one of the stories I’ve read lately!
Miss Birdlegs, I think it’s another derangement syndrome. They have no idea what they are talking about, they are just spouting the hippie “Free Love” talking points that are 40 years old! Not an original thought among them!
I’d need a stool, too!
Sadly, I hear this quite a bit where I live. But then, I live in ‘re-visit-the-60’s and Code Pink land. There is quite a disconnect from the civilian world and the military. I feel the media and our elected officials are great perpetuators of this situation. Yes, they say they “support the troops” and then go on to show them in the possible worst light or the politicians cut their funds and use them as political agenda pawns. And we have had decades of the appeasement and blame the victim crowd, fostered by the lack of personal involvement in any conflict. After all, the attacks on the US have happened in other countries except for 9/11 and that was in just one location. It didn’t affect most people here. Our being safe here in this country has led to a complacency with so many people not realizing it’s the existence of the military that has allowed this safety.
I thank God we live in a town that is very military supportive. We have an Army National Guard Armory literally down the street from our home and the Army is usually at the football games on Friday nights (either sponsoring the game or performing color guard duty) and recruiters are allowed at the high school as well. You would think we lived in a base town! That’s not to say that there are people who can’t stand the military. Some of the kids have been brainwashed and have anti-Bush “illegal war” bumperstickers on their cars, but I can’t imagine what it would be like in your area! LaLa Land.
I believe you are right about our elected officials. If they won’t stand up and support the troops and use their platform to get the media to report the good news, this lack of knowledge and support will continue and most likely get worse.
It breaks my heart to know that you, the military parents, are hearing this when your children are on the line. So, even though it isn’t much, Yankeemom, consider yourself hugged!
wonderful…
like some fine fresh air and a shot of good whiskey…
thank you
You’re quite welcome, Brooklyn! It is a nice breath of fresh air, isn’t it?!
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My, my. I didn’t know that Trish and Anna were so…. violent. Now me, I would ask questions first, so it surprises me how less violent I am than you two ; ) From the comments I get from the fake liberals, you might think that I would punch first and ask questions later.
The reason why I ask questions first, is because that is a great way to distract your target and open him up for a surprise hit. There’s nothing more surprising than him seeing you all calm and talking your mouth off, and then suddenly he’s on the ground grabbing at his hurt throat while wheezing. Then I would say to him, “why are you on the ground sir, do you need any help”.
Psychologically, I think most people expect someone who is getting angry to do violence or make bad arguments or some such. But most people don’t expect calculated and controlled violence, because controlled violence is the providence of the US military. Given their disdain for all things military, it is not surprising that they are unable to anticipate disciplined violence.
The surprise should be rather large, really.
But that is why someone might simply bypass the dishonorable amongst us, you know. It would be too easy to fight them. And too hard to clean your hands off afterwards. Such folks are not worth a tear from your eyes. That might seem cold, but it is the dictates of duty and of honor, and thus I cannot bypass it.
There was absolute silence in that store. I know everyone was staring at me like I’d just grown three heads and wings. Hell, maybe I had. I rubbed my eyes and turned to what I hoped was the door, blinded by tears of frustration and pent-up rage. Like the coward a Marine is not, I fled to my car. I ended up leaving without the damned soda I came to buy. I don’t even know if I set it down, or it ended up on the store’s floor in a huge mess. So I failed not just the people who expect me to behave better than that man in the store, I failed to even accomplish the tiny mission I set out on. This whole morning just sucked. Good Lord.
You know what Aristotle said. That a just man (woman) is someone who hates injustices, who feels anger when they see injustice committed. This woman here is a good person, and she knows personally how much an injustice was done. But, fighting injustice isn’t done with a word, an argument, or even a blow to the throat. It is not as easy as all that, for creating something of lasting worth was always harder than vandalizing and blowing something up.
The reason I would ask questions is as simple as it is rather underhanded. I would like to get a sense of any future and possible enemies of mine, thus I believe it would be beneficial to act as if I agreed with the person in order to ferret out information and find weaknesses. Anger is not very easy to control, that is why you need a goal. If your goal is important, then you may be able to sublimate anger in the service of that goal. It controls emotion not by dampening it down, but by using it, focusing it and channeling it so it doesn’t go up and down like a roller coaster.
And third…I’m never going to understand some people and their embrace of ignorance and hatred, no matter how long I live. It is my fervent wish never to do so.
That’s no problem. We will understand them for you.
A good person may be able to forgive insults to themselves, but it is far harder to see those who you love and respect, reviled by others. It is far easier to take the weight of the hate of the ignorant upon yourself, than to see it weigh upon the shoulders of your loved ones. It is a far, far harsher duty requiring of a different sort of courage.
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I put an excerpt up from Pressfield’s book, that I think describes it far better than I could.
I guess Trish and I were putting ourselves in her place. Our first instinct is to protect our children. Also, I’m all talk when it comes to fighting. I couldn’t punch anyone unless it was a matter of my own safety or that of my children were threatened.