Posted on 04/27/2004 8:44:29 AM PDT by Kaslin
If anyone still doubts the America-hating bent of the far left, this item is for you.
Something that calls itself Independent Media Center, which OpinionJournal.com's James Taranto calls "one of the most virulent Angry Left Web sites around," has hit rock bottom. Its branch in P.C.-crazed Portland, Ore., has a page devoted to the death in combat of Pat Tillman, which it summarizes as "Dumb Jock Killed in Afghanistan."
Among the comments posted by those "tolerant liberals":
• "Tillman chose to go to Afghanistan. He's partially reponsible for the deaths of hundreds, maybe thousands of Afghan civilians. No need to feel sorry for him, other than feeling bad that he was brainwashed into serving as a grunt."
• "it's amazing the kind of attention this insignificant incident is going to cause. well, he was rich, white, and an american. 10,000 (brown) iraqis get killed, and it barely merits a mention in the american news. how utterly f---ing sad."
• "if he 'sacrificed' anything it was his common sense. He had a good American thing going and blew it." Are these the same leftists who ridiculed war hero Bob Dole in favor of draft dodger Bill Clinton but say John Kerry's four-month stint in Vietnam was so great?
Taranto noted that a few posters dared to disagree with the party line. One wrote: "Brave American sacrifices friends, family and fortune in defense of his country. Pigs on IndyMedia can now continue to exercise free speech, sacrifice nothing and spew hate."
I think they would be insulted if you implied that they have that much.
The full impact of the loss of Pat Tillman hasn't quite hit me. On 9-11 he did something beside beat his fist on the dash board of his car . He goes to the Army recruiter and said "Take me, All this NFL money and fame is secondary now that my country needs me." Meanwhile I was seeking ice for my sore hand. Tillman took patriotism to a new level..
As an exercise for the readers, use the words "tar," "feathers," and "splintery fence rail," and "leftist" in a complete sentence.
free dixie,sw
I REALLY hate to say anything nice about the DUmmies, BUT... I was reading a thread over there on this the other day and most of them actually had good things to say! I was shocked!!
Although, some of them mentioned they wouldn't have felt the same way if he had been in Iraq.
1830 PM: Yabutt -- Tue, Apr 27 9:03am PST -----
Yabutt did u all see this?Dumb Jock Killed in Afghanistan author: Washington Post
Pat Tillman, the Arizona Cardinals safety who left a million dollar NFL career to become a U.S. Army Ranger, has been killed in Afghanistan.
Former NFL Safety Is Killed in Afghanistan
By Fred Barbash Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, April 23, 2004; 11:44 AM
She posted the whole article and in her next post she posts this
1837 PM: Yabutt -- Tue, Apr 27 9:03am PST -----
Yabutt The header to the article comes from ''Opinion > Journal'', 04/26, as follows:
>
> The Portland, Ore., branch of the Independent
> Media Center--one of the most
> virulent Angry Left Web sites around--has a
> page devoted to the death in combat
> last week of Pat Tillman, the pro football
> player turned Army Ranger who died
> in combat in Afghanistan last week. This is
> offensive stuff, so you might
> want to skip it, but we think it's worth
> shining a light on. The page begins with
> a Washington Post story about Tillman's death
> under the headline
> (Indymedia's, not the Post's) ''Dumb Jock Killed
> in Afghanistan.'' This is followed by
> reader comments. A sampling (quoted verbatim
> except for expletives):
>
> * ''Tillman chose to go to Afghanistan.
> He's partially reponsible for the
> deaths of hundreds, maybe thousands of Afghan
> civilians. No need to feel
> sorry for him, other than feeling bad that he
> was brainwashed into serving as a
> grunt.''
>
> * ''it's amazing the kind of attention this
> insignificant incident is
> going to cause. well, he was rich, white, and
> an american. 10,000 (brown) iraqis
> get killed, and it barely merits a mention in
> the american news. how utterly
> f---ing sad.''
>
> * ''To be honest I wish I could feel sorry
> for the guy, but the truth is
> I really feel nothing at all. To many have died
> and too much money has flowed
> into the pockets of Dick Cheney to even worry
> about it.''
>
> * ''if he 'sacrificed' anything it was his
> common sense. He had a good
> American thing going and blew it.''
>
> In fairness, not all posters agree. ''I'd like
> to correct the ridiculous
> headline that preceeds this story,'' writes one:
> ''Brave American sacrifices friends,
> family and fortune in defense of his country.
> Pigs on IndyMedia can now
> continue to exercise free speech, sacrifice
> nothing and spew hate.''
> > > > Sadly, the last post is in the slim minority.
> > More good reasons for never letting anyone you
> know or care about vote for
> any democrat for any reason.
In her next post she give the URL and then posts this to the room
1848 PM: Yabutt -- Tue, Apr 27 9:05am PST -----
Yabutt some of u dems are nothing but pigs
I wished I could give you the URL of the room but you can only scroll the room back 275 posts
Whoever said this is missing the point of post postmodernism and may also expect to live forever.
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