The next time a republican boos a gay soldier, remind them "Support our troops" is an absolute.

[Fire Walk With Me]

They used that crap slogan to wave away our challenges to illegal orders to our troops, now they get to own it.

Edited for precision.

[sharp_stick]

1. They also forgot all about the gem

"How dare anybody criticize our President during a time of war" very conveneintly in January 2009 didn't they.

I don't think you can call yourself a Republican unless you can master the art of pretending you didn't say something while a video of you saying it is playing at the same time.

[Fire Walk With Me]

2. So true :)

[Maccagirl]

3. Has anyone seen the horrible (some) comments under the YouTube

video of "AreYouSuprised"-the soldier from Germany who came out to his father? Disgusting and distribing, especially when you can feel the tension the you man felt before his dad tells him that he still loves him-and then the relief afterward.

[Fire Walk With Me]

4. I can sadly imagine. People sometimes use youtube as a bitterness and fear sink. :(

[Ineeda]

5. So the tally is three major debates and

three major outrageous, disgusting reveals. What's next?

[Versailles]

6. Hrmmmm...very familiar...

My facebook status earlier today pointed out the very same interesting hypocrisy...

"If Republican's cheering for letting someone without insurance die in the gutter wasn't reason enough not vote for any of them, they showed their true "patriotism" last night when they booed and jeered at a soldier currently serving in Iraq. Why? Because the soldier had the temerity to be gay. I guess this is the way we are supposed to "support the troops", but begging for all the troops to come home is traitorous."

[Fire Walk With Me]

7. Didn't see yours, but I'm happy that it's bubbling up in the gestalt!

:hi:

[Versailles]

8. Agreed...

Also makes me happy to know that my warped little brain isn't creating false hypocrisies or weird connections. Either we both have a valid point, or we suffer from the same brain disorder!
:shrug: :evilgrin:

[Fire Walk With Me]

9. Calling out hypocrites is not a disorder

:toast:

[Versailles]

10. When you live in South Carolina it is....

But only if you call out the right wing hypocrites otherwise you're a hero and a "true patriot".

[Fire Walk With Me]

11. Yeah, funny how that only works in a single direction.

[mindwalker_i]

12. You're making this mistake AGAIN?!

Where you seem to think that what comes out of a Republican's face has something to do with what they actually believe? That's not how it works. The republican has a goal, usually something like getting more taxpayer or consumer money to the rich, because a portion will come back as campaign contributions. The republican then comes up with some reason to make that happen and if the reason sounds plausible in some way, that's great. Plausibility usually means there's some underlying principle. In this case, "support the troops," or "don't criticize the president during war," but it's only a means to get the end result, the underlying principle does not represent anything that should be applied anywhere else.

Later, when said principle appears to conflict some other goal that the Republican has, it really doesn't. That principle had a lifetime only for the previous argument supporting a specific goal and isn't applicable anywhere else. Hence, to apply "support the troops" to a soldier that is gay is a complete misuse of the principle of "support the troops." Another misuse would be to attempt to apply "support the troops" to getting them equipment when that money could be used for tax cuts instead. Likewise, saying "don't criticize the president during war" when nobody is questioning a Republican president is meaningless: it doesn't apply to the situation.

Above all, don't apply "fiscal responsibility" to things other than cutting money out of programs that help Americans. That principle was never meant to be used to argue that a war should be paid for, a capital gains tax cut shouldn't be enacted, or deficits under a Republican president. It's scope is limited to unemployment insurance, social security, and schools or infrastructure such as roads and bridges.

And of course, "personal responsibility" only applies to Clinton's penis.

[Fire Walk With Me]

13. Yes, I'm well aware of the utter hypocrisy involved on their part, which is why I'm turning it back

upon them. I know it won't change them but it might shut them up a minute, which is blessed silence.

[crazyjoe]

14. what did i miss?