Posted on 05/28/2012 8:16:15 PM PDT by Colonel Kangaroo
MSNBC host Chris Hayes apologized Monday evening after outraging veterans by saying it makes him "uncomfortable" to describe all fallen soldiers as heroes.
The TV presenter made the controversial comment on the eve of Memorial Day, while kicking off a panel discussion on his show "Up With Chris Hayes" -- noting that it is "very difficult to talk about the war dead and the fallen without invoking valor, without invoking the words 'heroes.'"
Explaining why that makes him uneasy, he added, "I feel ... uncomfortable about the word hero because it seems to me that it is so rhetorically proximate to justifications for more war."
Former service members' group Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), in addition to conservative bloggers and organizations, slammed Hayes for being so conflicted about the term, FOX News reported.
VFW called Monday for an "immediate and unequivocal apology," branding his remarks "reprehensible and disgusting."
Hayes -- who during his Sunday show admitted his concerns might not be justified, while acknowledging there are definite individual examples of heroism -- released a statement later Monday saying he is "deeply sorry" for the gaffe.
"As many have rightly pointed out, it's very easy for me, a TV host, to opine about the people who fight our wars, having never dodged a bullet or guarded a post or walked a mile in their boots. Of course, that is true of the overwhelming majority of our nation's citizens as a whole," he said.
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Ahhhhh... the old "it's just a joke" ploy to cover your extremely stupid statement.
OK, got it. ;)
Good post!
This Hayes guy is so typical of today’s over-educated, under-brained, whimpy a$$ed metrosexuals. They suffer from PC brain rot but are zealously eager to exercise the rights someone else fought and DIED to get and keep for them.
The apology was totally insincere since he did not stop after the first sentence.
Hayes should be trivialized and then ignored.
Dang, Cackalack, you must of sat down on one of them thar sand spurs you got down thar in that thar sandy South Cackalacky! Either that or check yar drawers cause, I declare, you sure do got a bad case of them thar fire ants-in-your-pants!!
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