A Casual Slander

Great post and great response to a delusional person. Perfect mix of both clarity, no compromise, but respect for human dignity.

Sounds like your co-worker is a fan of the lefts'favorite big mouth liar Rosie O...Good response to this guy and good essay.

I think the lefties that say these things forget whom they are talking about when they regurgitate these assinine talking points. I have to work with this guy, but I don't have to politely listen to this garbage without comment. Thanks for stopping by and commenting.

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Isn't it ironic that the left loves deconstuctive arguments against everything in western civilization EXCEPT their own stupid talking points?

Wow! Reminds me of the garbage I heard back in the days of Nam. I remember a couple of people saying that kind of thing to me when I got back, along with the cliched "baby-killer", and the instant attitude adjustment I provided for them at the end of my fist.

While I share your impluse to dispense a little attitude adjustment in these circumstances, I can easily see the unhinged Lefties pointing to how violent you are at "mere words" and shifting the focus to your behavior rather than theirs.

I've come to believe that we must confront this nonsense, and to do so consistently and firmly. If questioning their unhinged positions leads to blows, so be it. I'm sure we're both more than ready for that. But I don't think the cowards spouting this bilge have the stomach or the stones for it.

I hear that kind of stuff where I teach and I can't say anything about it or I could get fired.

One of the teachers a couple of years ago, proudly announced in a faculty meeting that her son had joined the Marines and she passed his picture around in his Uniform. You should have seen the hatred in the faces of the other faculty members.

She was crushed, and hung her head during the rest of the meeting. She left so abruptly at the end, that I had to chase her down to tell her how proud I was of her son and to thank her for his service.

What has happened to America?

Back in the day, when I was a young soldier, I had the ability and wind to adjust a lot of attitudes.

You're also right, in that the Left isn't particularly known for its physical courage (LOL) and one actual attitude adjustment usually fixed the attitudes of everyone else in line of sight.

Very effective on a cost/benefit basis!

Your friend's pride in her son shouldn't be conditioned on the accolades of lesser beings. She has every right to be very proud of her son; and the rest of us would do well to share in that pride.

A narcissist cannot grasp the concept of being a part of and serving something greater than oneself. We should endlessly remind them that there are greater things than they.

The cultural elites seem to feel that by not serving, by not contributing, they have somehow taken a morally superior position. They are wrong of course. The military produces honorable men and women from the raw recruits it receives from the broad middle and working classes. The University on the other hand, produces spineless unthinking idiots out of the progeny of the elites. One would think with "better" feed stock, a better product would emerge.

I have a book recommendation for your friend, Sandra:

http://www.amazon.com/AWOL-Unexcused-Absence-Americas-Military/dp/0060888601/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-8302522-5138219?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1180114425&sr=8-1

It's by someone from the elite class whose son joined the military and the eyeopening he received as a parent of a soldier and the debunking of many of the misconceptions he had.

Here's a link to his interview on Book TV:

http://www.booktv.org/General/index.asp?segID=7179&schedID=429&category=After+Words

...excellent post and wonderful comments to boot!

I have a way with dealing with these types of people orally that the written word doesn't do justice.

I think the failure lies in not understanding that there is a price to be paid for absolutely EVERYTHING.

Whenever someone says,"free speech," I state,"It is Freedom OF Speech and IT has been paid for in Blood and Treasure since the beginning of Western Civilization and is continually paid for by the Best of Mankind who don the Uniform of the Mighty American Armed Forces. The least that you could do is Thank Them for paying for your "fair" share!"

Concur completely. I think these are the same people that confuse freedom OF religion with freedom FROM religion.

Let me add a link here to one of my previous posts for Memorial Day; a solid gold sermon on this topic.

http://heartlandpatriot.townhall.com/g/781f46a1-7eed-499f-b55b-07c4844c2bbe

Exerpt from the Dennis Prager Radio Show:

[In a recent op-ed piece in the Brussels newspaper De Standaard, the Dutch, gay and self-declared humanist author, Oscar Van den Boogaard says that to him, coping with the Islamization of Europe is, "like a process of mourning." He is overwhelmed by, "a feeling of sadness. I am not a warrior," he says, "But who is? I have never learned to fight for my freedom. I was only good at enjoying it."]

Remember folks, we are always one generation away from enjoying a freedom we have become unwilling or unable to fight for. Europe is unwilling to fight for its freedoms, and is going down in flames before our eyes. Keep an eye on Europe, it's going to be Islamic in our lifetime

for the book recommendation. I will check it out. It is very difficult working daily with the "elites" who look down on those who serve.

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Sorry about that my computer wigged out on me. Please allow me to finish;

BRAVO! KUDOS!! and any ,other positive statement that can be thought of...thank you for standing up for our men and women in uniform. I must admit that I was never in the Armed Forces, (unfortunately) and that is a decision I regret. Now I am to old. I will do all I can to show our soldiers the respect, honor and courtesy they deserve. They have sacrificed for me and my family and it really torques me when people make statements such as;

“So you think they’re happy killing people and raping women for Bush then?”

I could say some rather unpleasant things about your co-worker...but you handled it much better then I. So, I will leave it alone.

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