Bush supporters' aftermath thread

I would like to say something here and then I will get out of this conversation.


To me, EVERY SINGLE PERSON that serves in the military, no matter in which war or not in time of war, no matter whether foot soldier, flyer, or stock clerk, man or woman, will ALWAYS deserve and GET my utmost respect. To me, they are heroes. It matters not to me what their personal feelings were or are about the war, in the respect that they put those feelings aside and did what they felt was and is their duty. They fought for the very right you are exercising in this thread ~ FREEDOM OF SPEECH.

Momma Angel wrote:

I would like to say something here and then I will get out of this conversation.


To me, EVERY SINGLE PERSON that serves in the military, no matter in which war or not in time of war, no matter whether foot soldier, flyer, or stock clerk, man or woman, will ALWAYS deserve and GET my utmost respect. To me, they are heroes. It matters not to me what their personal feelings were or are about the war, in the respect that they put those feelings aside and did what they felt was and is their duty. They fought for the very right you are exercising in this thread ~ FREEDOM OF SPEECH.

Very well put! I agree! My husband in a Naval Officer in the reserves, 15 years of service, and I am very proud of him!
Aside from that, I am a conservative Republican...I just don't get why some feel the need to call people stupid, ignorant, just because they don't agree with them..that feeling can go both ways, it is all in how you view things. There is no reason to be so hateful...You can debate without resorting to personal attacks..

poohtiggern2piglets wrote:

Momma Angel wrote:

I would like to say something here and then I will get out of this conversation.


To me, EVERY SINGLE PERSON that serves in the military, no matter in which war or not in time of war, no matter whether foot soldier, flyer, or stock clerk, man or woman, will ALWAYS deserve and GET my utmost respect. To me, they are heroes. It matters not to me what their personal feelings were or are about the war, in the respect that they put those feelings aside and did what they felt was and is their duty. They fought for the very right you are exercising in this thread ~ FREEDOM OF SPEECH.

Very well put! I agree! My husband in a Naval Officer in the reserves, 15 years of service, and I am very proud of him!
Aside from that, I am a conservative Republican...I just don't get why some feel the need to call people stupid, ignorant, just because they don't agree with them..that feeling can go both ways, it is all in how you view things. There is no reason to be so hateful...You can debate without resorting to personal attacks..

Is he on active duty now?
I am a retired navy corpsman.
I spent most of my career as a combat corpsman with the marines.
I got out as an HM-1

I'm sorry, poohtiggern2piglets, if someone was hateful to your husband.

My wife is proud of me as well (sometimes, at least), but surely not because I'm a a bavy officer of the reserve.

Neither am I - I don'z see any reason since I was a conscript and never would have chosen a profession which has "murder" as one of the job specifications.

Of courese, the military serves the state and its citizens. As do teachers, surgeos, nurses, astronauts, postmen etc etc . (As well as political scientists and historians/social workers :wink: )

Neither am I - I don'z see any reason since I was a conscript and never would have chosen a profession which has "murder" as one of the job specifications.

I just don't get why some feel the need to call people stupid, ignorant, just because they don't agree with them..that feeling can go both ways, it is all in how you view things.

No, no joke at all.

No, no joke at all. Perhaps a different understanding of murder among us - say 'killers', if you want - but any soldier of any force in any country has a kind of weapon directly or indirectly as his/her tools.

Just for the record, I don't have a link, but I do recall MM previously mentioning his service related hand injury.

That doesn't make us butt buddies or anything.

I just wanted to say I remember the reference having been made before, so it isn't a "new twist" to his story.

There's a difference in between calling someone stupid and ignorant because they hold opposing opinions to yours, and calling someone stupid and ignorant because they are advancing a stupid and ignorant position.

Cycloptichorn wrote:

There's a difference in between calling someone stupid and ignorant because they hold opposing opinions to yours, and calling someone stupid and ignorant because they are advancing a stupid and ignorant position.

Perhaps there is a difference. However, since you make the distinction yourself, it has no real meaning. Generally, in such cases, refined people find a way to confine their criticism to the idea in question and avoid launching into a critique of the person who expressed it. In most such cases, particularly here on A2K, one doesn't know enough about the other person to either make a rational judgement about their characters, much less to express it in an offensive way.

Finally there is the risk that you, yourself may be proven wrong. Why burn your bridges if you may have to recross them? In my experience this kind of restraint is a trait often associated with wisdom and understanding, while loudmouthed and boastful criticism usually indicates something quite different.

However, since you make the distinction yourself, it has no real meaning.