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To: Polybius
Look, #3 Fan, many of us have been saying on these threads that it is wrong to have this "Jessica!" media circus.

But it's you guys that are having the circus. Bashers outnumber defenders. The media wouldn't run these stories if there wasn't a market for it, and you guys are the market. You can't stop hating her.

We have been saying that such hype was detrimental to the morale of other servicemembers and their families and even to Lynch herself.

That's bull. Servicemembers don't care what Diane Sawyer is doing over here.

We have been saying that Lynch should be treated just as any other of the POW's or as any other of the casualties.

Then why don't you treat her that way?

You, on the other hand, have been the head cheerleader on FR for the "Jessica!" hype.

No, I've been head defender. If there were no bashers, I would be making no posts at all on this subject.

Now, Lynch herself is saying what we have been saying. She does not want to be labelled a false super-heroine either by the media or by the Army or by "fans" such as yourself.

LOL Well, I can call a hero who I want to. And while I appreciate her service, she doesn't rule my mind and I have my definition of a hero that I've elaborated on a million times here.

This woman needs to be treated as any other Purple Heart winner and left alone to get on with her life.

Then why are you posting on this thread?

327 posted on 11/07/2003 1:05:04 PM PST by #3Fan
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To: #3Fan
But it's you guys that are having the circus. Bashers outnumber defenders.

You forgot those of us who advocate treating equally and leaving her in peace.

That's bull. Servicemembers don't care what Diane Sawyer is doing over here.

How quickly you forget the threads about Lynch's comrades whose families wonder why their loved ones aren't even noticed.

We have been saying that Lynch should be treated just as any other of the POW's or as any other of the casualties.......... Then why don't you treat her that way?

My posts have always argued that. I have never criticized Lynch. I have strongly criticized the sick hype.

You, on the other hand, have been the head cheerleader on FR for the "Jessica!" hype........ No, I've been head defender. If there were no bashers, I would be making no posts at all on this subject.

As I recall, you were a head cheerleader during the "Medal of Honor for Jessica" threads and you were the head cheerleader making her out to be a female Rambo. That is precisely the kind of hype she now hates.

LOL Well, I can call a hero who I want to.

I think she's a hero, too. It's the over-the-top hype that I argue against.

This woman needs to be treated as any other Purple Heart winner and left alone to get on with her life........ Then why are you posting on this thread?

To try to stop this sick hype.

340 posted on 11/07/2003 1:41:11 PM PST by Polybius
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