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To: Mount Athos
Why are they calling him a folk hero?

He stole lots of other people’s money, threatened and endangered dozens of innocents.

It’s offensive to call him a hero

The kind of folk who write for newspapers think he's a folk hero.

20 posted on 07/30/2011 8:23:55 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Obama goes on long after the thrill of Obama is gone)
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To: Steely Tom
The kind of folk who write for newspapers think he's a folk hero.

Yeah, well, they were always suckers for the redistributionist types.

49 posted on 07/31/2011 3:10:00 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: Steely Tom
Why are they calling him a folk hero?

I believe the following DB has, for instance in the Telegraph's investigative journalism piece; there was reference to a day of celebration named for DB, and the woman interviewed explained why Cooper was is so popular:

“Because the government's always screwing us over and finally somebody got ‘em back.”

69 posted on 07/31/2011 3:48:44 PM PDT by fight_truth_decay
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