Banned my first commenter from the blog the other day. They decided to use a rather innocuous post as a forum to spout the old babykiller / war-for-oil crap. Actually, it just about made me nauseous. The comment is gone, as is, hopefully, the commenter.
But it does prove that thirty-odd years later, those who spit on the returning troops, made joyful phonecalls to the families of slain heroes, those who use their freedom to castigate the ones that give it to them, are still out there. New voices, old song.
And I am, quite frankly, at a complete loss to understand that mentality. How do you look yourself in the mirror after saying those things? How do you live in a free society, bought with the sweat and blood of our military, and repay their efforts and sacrifices with that kind of hate? How do you sleep at night if that's who you are?
I've said more than once that it's a short trip from anti-war to anti-troop. Earlier today, I heard the story of a Nyack, NY woman whose son is the only one who won't be getting his scholarship presented onstage at his highschool graduation. Why? Because his scholarship is from ROTC.
Then there's Shea Riecke, who had the picture of her brother (a Marine) become a big issue when she wanted it displayed with other photos of that high school's graduates. Why? Because it was a picture of him in uniform, deployed and - gasp - holding a gun. Apparently, the gun was scanned out of the picture, so that it would meet the good ol' zero tolerance policy.
And Raven Furbert, denied permission to wear a red-white-and-blue necklace in support of our troops.
Institutionalized troop-hating. Lovely.
Most of the self-styled "hippies" I know haven't got the first clue about anything. They spout off whatever their latest icon has to say, and when confronted with facts, respond with "Oh, well, I didn't know that." Or, worse, they do what they do because they want to fit in with the group they pal around with. They preach tolerance, yet demonize the troops and call anyone with a different point of view from theirs an idiot, religious zealot, etc. How does that work, exactly? They call the government a fascist state, and yet want government to remove the right to bear arms (one of the first things true dictatorships often do), censor any speech that might make someone feel bad, and deny people the right to support the troops.
Hippie-crites.
I made a promise to myself a long time ago that what happened to returning Vietnam vets would not happen again, not in my little corner of the world, anyway. I hope that on a societal level, we can ensure that. Thank goodness for bloggers like Michelle Malkin, Smash and BlackFive, who keep supporting our heroes and getting the word out.
We who support the troops are a little disadvantaged to some extent, in that the MSM and our educational system seem to be largely on the other side. But despite what the Washington Post wants to trot out in their new poll results (hmm.... a far-left publication coming up with far-left sentiments - wow), most of America supports the troops, regardless of their view on this particular engagement or this particular Commander-in-Chief.
We need to have our own "zero-tolerance" policy. Zero tolerance for troop-haters. Zero tolerance for media that consistently looks for the negative in what our troops do. Zero tolerance for educators that want to push a far-left agenda. Zero tolerance for politicians who are ashamed of this country, ashamed of our founding fathers, ashamed of our military strength.
I have to admit that I was genuinely upset by that comment I saw. But in a way, I guess it was good for me. It strengthened my resolve. Never again - not in my little corner of the world.
Thank you, thank you, thank you to every member of our Armed Services, past, and future, from the proud descendent of Revolutionary War, Civil War, World War I, and World War II veterans, and the proud daughter-in-law of a Vietnam veteran.
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