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Pat Tillman: Dumb jock, baby killer?
townhall.com ^ | 4/28/04 | Ben Shapiro

Posted on 04/27/2004 9:45:09 PM PDT by kattracks

What would you call Pat Tillman, the former Arizona Cardinal football player killed in Afghanistan? A hero? An inspiring example of American military men and women? A model of principled strength?

 How about a "dumb jock"? A "baby killer"? A "dumb-a--"? A victim of "brainwashing"?

 If you were a regular reader of Indymedia.org, odds are that you'd put him in the latter group. You'd think that Pat Tillman was a boob, a complete dimwit at best -- you might even believe that Pat Tillman was an evil person and deserved what he got.

 Indymedia.org has 50 local chapters in the United States. Forty-four of them made no mention of Pat Tillman's death. The other six celebrated it.

 The Portland, Ore., chapter of Indymedia.org posted the news of Tillman's death accompanied by this headline: "Dumb Jock Killed in Afghanistan." Some who posted comments suggested alternate titles for the piece, like "Privileged Millionaire, Blinded by Nationalist Mythology, Pisses Away the Good Life," "Cottled Sports Star Allows Nationalism to Foster Jingoistic Irresponsibility Resulting in His Death," and "Capitalist Chooses to Kill Innocents Instead of Cashing Check."

 Others made comments on the site comparing Tillman to a Nazi and accusing him of responsibility for "the deaths of hundreds, maybe thousands of Afghan civilians." "Karma sure is a b----, isn't it, Tillman?" one sneered.

 The Urbana-Champaign, Ill., chapter of Indymedia.org posted two articles about Tillman. One carried the headline "Pat Tillman is gone good riddance." The other labeled all soldiers "dumb-a--(es)."

 The North Carolina Indymedia chapter also posted a piece labeling soldiers like Tillman "dumb-a--(es)" and added that Tillman was killed during a "baby-killing raid." San Francisco Indymedia posted the same piece. St. Louis Indymedia stated that Tillman was "brainwashed by the 'patriotism.'"

 One commenter on the Washington, D.C., Indymedia site wrote this: "I saw the Post this morning, on the front page. It was sickening. They built this guy up like he was Audie Murphy or something, publishing this foto of him in his Ranger getup, all tough-looking and stony-jawed, like a goddamn' recruiting ad ... Puke-o-rama. Cold as it may sound, 'Dumb Jock Dies for Pipeline in Afghanistan' pretty much sums it up."

 What is Indymedia? According to its Web site, "Indymedia is a collective of independent media organizations and hundreds of journalists offering grass-roots, non-corporate coverage. Indymedia is a democratic media outlet for the creation of radical, accurate and passionate tellings of truth." Indymedia is made up of leaders in the anti-globalization and anti-war movement, coordinating massive protests. They revel in wild conspiracy theories. They're rabidly anti-capitalist and generally anti-American. In short, they're a bunch of left-wing nuts.

 Yet the American left has neglected to excise the Indymedia cancer from its support base. In 2002, the left-leaning Ford Foundation gave Indymedia $50,000. The Tides Foundation has donated $376,000 to Indymedia, according to Frontpagemag.com. Two of the biggest donors to the Tides Foundation? George Soros, who has given over $15 million to Democratic causes during this election cycle, and Teresa Heinz Kerry. Ralph Nader is one of Indymedia's biggest supporters; his group, Public Citizen, is listed as on Indymedia.org as an "ally."

 Indymedia is no small-potatoes venture. Aside from its Web sites based in 50 major American markets, it also has Web sites located in five chapters in Africa, 13 in Canada, 39 in Europe, 15 in Latin America, eight in Asia, and nine in Oceania.

 The Indymedia list of allies is impressive as well. It lists groups like Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, Adbusters, ZNet, the Institute for Public Accuracy, and Corporate Watch.

 Largely due to an unceasing hatred for President Bush, the American political left continues to support Indymedia and its ilk. During the MoveOn.org Hitler-Bush ad scandal, liberal pundits largely refused to condemn the ads. Democratic Underground, a site linked on John Kerry's official blog, constantly pushes an extreme leftism often encroaching into paranoid territory.

 This latest outrage underscores the leftist community's tolerance for an ugly, radical element. The Pat Tillman insults have been floating around the Web for days; the liberal silence is deafening. Tillman died to protect freedom of speech -- that doesn't mean anyone should use it to spit on his grave.

©2004 Creators Syndicate, Inc.

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1 posted on 04/27/2004 9:45:10 PM PDT by kattracks
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To: kattracks
Man, the more the American Left speaks, the more they prove how completely unfit they are for ANY measure of ANY political power ANY where. What a bunch of total scumbags. Maybe the Indymedia types should go on a "peace" mission to Afganistan to ask the Terrorists to "give peace a chance".
2 posted on 04/27/2004 9:48:20 PM PDT by MNJohnnie (Vote Bush 2004-We have the solutions, Kerry Democrats? Nothing but slogans)
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To: kattracks; dixiechick2000
"The Portland, Ore., chapter of Indymedia.org posted the news of Tillman's death accompanied by this headline: "Dumb Jock Killed in Afghanistan."


Figures. Just the kind of thing to come out of Oregon. No offence meant to Oregon FReepers.
3 posted on 04/27/2004 9:49:37 PM PDT by writer33 (The U.S. Constitution defines a Conservative)
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To: kattracks
O. K. So how do we get this message out? I haven't even heard it on Fox News. Whassup with that?
4 posted on 04/27/2004 9:53:49 PM PDT by no dems (Does anyone from the Bush/Cheney camp monitor the Freep website?)
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To: kattracks
The Leftists simply cannot handle the idea of a genuine American Hero. They're too busy worshipping at the altar of Celebrity and Depravity.

Not a one of them is even 1/100th the human being that Tillman was.


5 posted on 04/27/2004 9:54:34 PM PDT by Prime Choice (Leftists claim Bush is a terrorist. So why aren't they trying to appease him?)
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To: writer33
"The Portland, Ore., chapter of Indymedia.org posted the news of Tillman's death accompanied by this headline: "Dumb Jock Killed in Afghanistan.""

These a$$holes deserve to serve crap in hell!
6 posted on 04/27/2004 9:57:35 PM PDT by Smartass (BUSH & CHENEY 2004 - THE BEST GET BETTER)
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To: kattracks
Yeah. Generations of grunts like Pat Tillman have died so that A##wipes like this can flatulate in freedom and safety. Pathetic.
7 posted on 04/27/2004 9:58:35 PM PDT by Kozak (Anti Shahada: " There is no God named Allah, and Muhammed is his False Prophet")
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To: Smartass
"These a$$holes deserve to serve crap in hell!"


Once more with even more feeling. :) I like it. I like it alot.
8 posted on 04/27/2004 10:01:16 PM PDT by writer33 (The U.S. Constitution defines a Conservative)
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To: kattracks
All those f*c*ers on the left who say they "support the troops"? Well, this is how they really feel. I knew they couldn't hide it much longer. Bastards.
9 posted on 04/27/2004 10:03:04 PM PDT by clintonh8r (Vietnam veteran against John Kerry, proud to be a "crook" and a "liar.")
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To: kattracks
Tell me why these people who hate America and its traditions so much, don't move to Canada, or some similar left leaning country? I just can't comprehend this vile, vicsious mind set.
10 posted on 04/27/2004 10:03:56 PM PDT by Dudoight
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To: writer33
"Just the kind of thing to come out of Oregon."



No offence taken. I will point out that this
came out of Portland, and should be expected.
They, also, have orgs. such as ELF, and would-be
terrorists. That's not the only reason I refuse
to spend money there, though. ;o)

BTW, it's not indicative of ALL of Oregon.

I believe I heard about this on Rush's show.
I had not heard of Indymedia before that.

It is very sick, to say the least.
11 posted on 04/27/2004 10:06:12 PM PDT by dixiechick2000 (President Bush is a mensch in cowboy boots.)
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To: writer33
Y'know, the best reaction I have ever seen to this kind of thing:

After I had played the bagpipe for my state's memorial of 9-11 (on 9-13, 2001), another Sergeant and I walked out in our uniforms and an ass was standing outside with a "US is the Terrorist" sign.

My pal ran up to the guy and said "Thank me.... Thank me now for being able to carry that sign." The ass stammered a bit and then thanked him for defending the right to carry that sign. Then they shook hands and we walked off.

That's what it's all about...

12 posted on 04/27/2004 10:15:57 PM PDT by Cogadh na Sith (The Guns of Brixton)
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To: kattracks
I am at a loss of words over these a$$wipes called indymedia.
13 posted on 04/27/2004 10:22:52 PM PDT by Dane
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To: kattracks
ping
14 posted on 04/27/2004 10:36:03 PM PDT by boycott
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To: kattracks
The American whinney-butt liberals are nothing but a bunch of gas-bag ingrates. They insist on their freedom of speech, but never risk so much as a paper cut to defend it.
They are leeches on our society. Not only do they not know nor appreciate the sacrifices that have been made to defend all of our freedoms (including theirs), but they have to fabricate history and reality to suit their own warped purposes.

All I can say is if they don't like this country, they are welcome to any other on the planet. Why not try Canada, their media is almost as whinney as they are. The Canadian government doesn't spend enough to defend itself and it likes to harbor draft dodgers as well as a couple of AWOL soliders. Canada can have them ... and please do not let them back in...only to whine again when they think they can get amnesty into the country and a media to give the vast minority a larger than like voice.

What I have to say is THANK GOD for ALL of these heroes sho serve this country in all of the armed forces. May God bless all of them and their families. For those that have made the ultimate sacrifice, may God welcome them with open arms and hold steadfast and comfort their families... they will ALL be missed. Not just the famous, but every life lost is precious and can not be replaced.

All service men and women need to know that we support them and completely appreciate their efforts and sacrifice ... not just the lip service that we support our troops (Yada, yada, yada) and promise not to spit on them this time.

May God bless our troops and see them safely home when they complete their mission!
15 posted on 04/27/2004 10:42:12 PM PDT by Jerr (What would Ronald Reagan do? There they go AGAIN!......)
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To: writer33
"The Portland, Ore., chapter of Indymedia.org posted the news of Tillman's death accompanied by this headline: "Dumb Jock Killed in Afghanistan."

Tillman graduated from Arizona State University in 3 1/2 years with a 3.84 GPA. Dumb jock my ass. Some people have zero class.

16 posted on 04/27/2004 10:54:26 PM PDT by pepperhead (Kennedy's floats, Mary Jo's don't!)
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To: kattracks
It would be a real shame if some of Tillman's Ranger comrades tracked down some of these scum and showed them the error of their ways in a permanent way.
17 posted on 04/27/2004 11:09:16 PM PDT by ozzymandus
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To: kattracks
OMG! How low can they go?
18 posted on 04/27/2004 11:23:17 PM PDT by GottaLuvAkitas1 (What a Tangled Web We Weave . .when first we practice to deceive!)
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To: nutmeg
read later
19 posted on 04/27/2004 11:26:07 PM PDT by nutmeg (Why vote for Bush? Imagine Commander in Chief John F’in al-Qerry)
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To: ozzymandus
It would be a real shame if some of Tillman's Ranger comrades tracked down some of these scum and showed them the error of their ways in a permanent way.

No it wouldn't.

20 posted on 04/27/2004 11:46:39 PM PDT by murdoog (I changed my tagline back)
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