I realize they stir some passions but would ignoring them deny them the response they are out there to get?
You mean like the Patriot Guard not showing up at military funerals? You mean like the DC Chapter not guarding the Walter Reed gate?
...personally I don't give two rats asses what sort of response they want...MY attendance at ANY rally in support of our military is not to counter ANY protest... IT SOLELY AND EFFORTLESSLY IS TO SUPPORT THE MILITARY AND THEIR FAMILIES
It's a Catch-22 situation. If they are ignored by good people such as the DC Chapter and the Patriot Guards they can claim they win because no one is willing to stand up and say they are wrong and they get all the press. If the good folks are there, these idiots can claim they are being repressed of their 1st amendment rights. And they still get press, but so do the good guys.
I would rather the good guys get accused of being in their face than be accused of being afraid to face the phelps freaks.
If there is no response then it gives the appearance that there is no support of the military. That is what happened during the Vietnam War. Those that supported the Vietnam War and the military kept silent and we know what the outcome of that was. The military cannot stand up in protest/counter protest for themselves; it is not allowed.
Never again- Please never again let our military feel that their country does not support them.
Thank You and God Bless all who show support for our military anywhere and everywhere.
I have only had a few chances to stand up — once was at a rally by then-media-darling Cindy Sheehan’s bunch of lefty-anit-war whackos. We followed the nutbags (on the opposite side of the street as requested by the LEOs) as they marched to a location across the street from our soldier’s memorial with tombstones with the names of KIA in Iraq and Afghanistan. We carried pro-troop signs. We had several military members come up to us and say thank you for sticking up for them. They are not allowed to stick up for themselves against these jerks. And I wondered later — what if NO ONE had stood up with signs opposing the lefties and those same military members had witnessed their disgusting display unopposed? They would very possibly have felt that no one gives a rip about them or what they have been dying for in our name. I don’t care WHO thinks that we stand up to these jerks for cathartic reasons. I will not let my heroes — like my brother for one — ever feel like no one cares. Never back down - NEVER SURRENDER. It matters to the troops. And that’s all that matters to me. I don’t give a rats patoot whether or not it matters to Fred or Cindy or any other anti-war whack job.