Maybe we should have a brief moratorium on posting things from that site.....say...ten years or so.
A petulant, childish statement in and of itself.
He probably thinks heroes go to Africa, get Ebola, come back to go bowling, then strum banjos in hospital.
Petulant, girly man, author. It must suck to be a liberal..
Good red meat for the FReeper Canteen staff. Have at it.
Soldiers protecting Democracy so Salon has the freedom to smear them.
Ah, the stupid is particularly striong in Salon today.
Perhaps due to global warming or the peace that is Islam.
This is really sick. Shows what we’re up against.
What do we think of a man wearing a dress?
I don’t recall anyone worshipping Kerry although the man himself tried to make that happen.
I recall that when Patreus was heading to the capital to report to congress how the war was going, he was mocked and ridiculed and called “General Betray-us.” Pelosi et. al. never apologized for their disgraceful behavior. So I am shocked to hera that Salon thinks the US is naturally excessively worshipful of soldiers - at a time when I thought members of the military seldom get the recognition they deserve.
Actually, I agree with him to a certain extent. The word “hero” is given to anyone who does something out of the ordinary today. Not every soldier in battle is a hero. Not every cop in a patrol car is a hero. Not every fireman who puts out a fire is a hero.
Even the guy who stops a purse thief is not a hero.
There are few true heroes in this world. Most people who do the right thing don’t want to be called heroes. It’s nice to acknowledge their deeds but the term hero has been watered down to the point where teachers are being called heroes
Regardless of what you think of his argument, that article is the saddest, sophomoric conception of regurgitated, passé-progressive claptrap that I have read since 1977. Such simple thoughts! Such cliched prose! Such youth and ignorance, combined with self-entitled, self-righteousness. It should be retitled “What I learned in my sophomore poly-sci seminar”
There, Fixed It™
Someone tell me that dividing America is a bad idea. Go ahead. Because almost 150 million people think like this to a greater or lesser degree. Then tell me we can coexist with that living next door safely.
I see. So the word “hero” (or “superhero”) should be reserved for fictional characters found in comic books who have magical powers?
Actually, the root meaning of ‘hero’ is rather insulting in a number of ways. Who wants to be just like Achilles?
We had some posters in forum who thought the same way.
Yes, because people like the moron who wrote this actually risk paper cuts!!! in defense of our freedom.