I don't admire him, I simply respect his guts to stand up for what he believes, however what he believes is absolute $#!# and he should die for fighting against us. I have less respect for those that sit and say that America got what we deserved and still go about their lives as blessed Americans.
When a mentally challenged person doesn't wait for the light to turn green before stepping off the curb, we don't say his action took "guts."
It didn't take "guts" for my certifiably nuts mother to put her hand down a garbage disposal and pour a full pot of third-degree hot coffee all over herself.