No, you threatened that someone ELSE would ban me. “I have no idea how you’ve managed to avoid being banned for over a week, but if you intend to stay, I strongly advise you to read Jim Robinson’s words.”
I’m not trolling, and I don’t use talking points. The agenda I’m pushing is the conservative, mainstream agenda. The one that if we’d been following, we wouldn’t have lost Congress this last time around, and we wouldn’t be looking at losing the White House and the rest of Congress this next time around. You know, low taxes, small government, a strong military.
I never once said the troops wear “costumes”. I defy you to find such a quote from me. And likewise for belittling their service. I’m not military but many of my close friends are and I would never denigrate the truly awesome task they have been asked to perform. And I never have.
I have never mocked Christian beliefs, either. Again, I defy you to blah blah blah.
I happen to hold more mainstream conservative beliefs than you do, and that’s okay — you can believe what you want. That’s the beauty of America. And I can believe what I want. And we should be able to talk reasonably about politics, without muttering darkly about “zotting” which I guess is banning.
I don’t particularly worry about getting banned. It’s not like I’m paying to be here, after all. It’s entertaining and some folks post interesting articles. I sometimes learn things. Hopefully, I’ve got some things to teach, too.
I never once said the troops wear “costumes”. I defy you to find such a quote from me. And likewise for belittling their service. I’m not military but many of my close friends are and I would never denigrate the truly awesome task they have been asked to perform. And I never have.
Oh, some of your best friends are military? That's quaint. Now, let's take a look at what you think of their uniform and their right to wear it.
"Pilot costume". Oops, that's a google search result." It turns up liberal site after liberal site, all saying the same thing you said. DU is at the top of the list.
Let me try this again.
"Pilot costume". Oops again. That's the military perspective on the subject you were discussing, and they never once called the uniform a costume. They include a letter from Lewis F. McIntyre CDR, USN (Ret) dressing down Sen. Byrd for expressing the same sentiments you expressed. My favorite part was "If you had spent some time in the service, instead of the Klan, you might understand the significance of that moment to all the men and women aboard the Lincoln, and indeed to all the men and women in the service who shared that moment vicariously. But you chose the bedsheet instead of the uniform, and so you don't." Notice how he called it a "uniform" and not a costume? But gosh, the whole thing is a damn good read. You should read the whole thing.
Okay, one last try. I think I can get it this time.
"Pilot costume. Yep, that's the one. Now, who do you sound more like? Lewis F. McIntyre CDR, USN (Ret); or one of the many liberal whack jobs who use the same language you use? Personally, I think the letter to Byrd could just as easily have been written to you.
The man whose "costume" you poked fun at, earned the right to wear that uniform, just like the other military personnel surrounding him wearing the same uniform. Many of them will wear their uniforms to various events, long after their terms of active duty service expires. And they won't need your permission.