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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
fuck man, it was a joke. you related to the
powell family?
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I'll take it as a joke when you actually say something that indicates respect for the military service of a decorated veteran.
I find it deeply offensive when Americans refuse to do this. It is something I used to see on the left quite frequently -- I remember nearly getting into a fistfight at a march in DC many years ago, after the Grenada invasion, because people were screaming at a US soldier for having come to the march to see what people were saying. Disgusting.
Equally disgusting, but I think far more hypocritical, is when Repubs who repeatedly profess their love and admiration for the military behave in the same way, because the individual who served his country in wartime, by actually going to war, happens to be a political opponent.
