He did quite a bit more than that - he fought alongside them in battle. This guy teaches political science?
It seems almost cruel to remind Professor Tierney that cognitive dissonance does not consist of two or more of his stereotypes conflicting with one another. He appears to think it incompatible for conservatives to at once support the military that they may be fighting shortly and the guns over which they will be fighting them. A very slight reformulation in the interest of accuracy might disabuse him of this confusion: conservatives respect both their freedom to keep and bear arms and the military that is sworn to protect it. There, was that so difficult?
Worse from the straw-man point of view is the revelation that some conservatives actually (gasp!) are service members and veterans! Why, we must just be so conflicted we don't know what to do with ourselves, but I'm sure that Professor Tierney will set us right. Good God, The Atlantic paid money for this drivel?
rotfl. coffee out the nostrils funny.