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In reply to the discussion: Why I find these hate the troops post pathetic [View all]nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)48. And those are the ones I call on
I ad one of them n my truck since 911. Alas it was made in Hawaii, not China. And hubby was a troop, now retired. Part of that retaking I am talking about
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I have a family member who enlisted after 9/11 to get out of a pathetic, abusive home.
jillan
Jan 2013
#3
What I find pathetic about the hate the troops posts is their ignorance of the way...
Agnosticsherbet
Jan 2013
#6
Looking down on anyone is assuming a superior moral position over others and not egalitarian at all.
freshwest
Jan 2013
#10
It is like talking with someone who knows the words, but not the feelings. You are spot on,
freshwest
Jan 2013
#15
I don't hate the troops--I hate the way they are used to promote support for wars
Lydia Leftcoast
Jan 2013
#16
that's the sum total of the 'hate the troops' posts the OP is talking about? lol.
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#31
I'm probably going to get in trouble for this, but if you revere ALL life, but make exceptions for a
patrice
Jan 2013
#22
I don't think most people have parsed it out as far as you have, white_wolf. & I don't personally
patrice
Jan 2013
#29
I'm trying to describe dynamics between factors, so, yes, individuals & cohorts are important
patrice
Jan 2013
#73
We are not encouraged to authentically self-identify. There's that old conundrum about how
patrice
Jan 2013
#107
RIGHT on! nadin! ONLY certain kinds of bootstraps are even considered bootstraps & THAT
patrice
Jan 2013
#109
It also helps that we are right on the economics of "bootstraps" too! Thanks for ALL that
patrice
Jan 2013
#121
To which I would add that some of the most powerful anti-war statements and
coalition_unwilling
Jan 2013
#36
That is not Nadin's point. Her point is that troops are 99%ers.Filter that through OWS's perspective
stevenleser
Jan 2013
#45
There is an element on DU that hates anything that doesn't fit within their small, "purity"
bluestate10
Jan 2013
#51
I already said I don't hate them as individuals, I hate the organization
Downtown Hound
Jan 2013
#65
Congratulations. You went back some 60 years and were able to find something positive that the
Downtown Hound
Jan 2013
#86
You think we couldn't come up with a different system of providing relief
Downtown Hound
Jan 2013
#93
Knowing this is common throughout human history is another reason why we should not
Downtown Hound
Jan 2013
#96