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MSNBC host apologizes after saying he's 'uncomfortable' calling fallen soldiers heroes
Fox News ^ | 5/28/2012 | fox news

Posted on 05/28/2012 5:13:08 PM PDT by tobyhill

The MSNBC host, who on the eve of Memorial Day said it makes him “uncomfortable” to describe fallen soldiers as heroes, apologized Monday after outcry from a top veterans group.

"On Sunday, in discussing the uses of the word "hero" to describe those members of the armed forces who have given their lives, I don't think I lived up to the standards of rigor, respect and empathy for those affected by the issues we discuss that I've set for myself," Chris Hayes, host of "Up With Chris Hayes," said in a statement. "I am deeply sorry for that."

The comment was made while kicking off a panel discussion on his show and he noted, it's "very difficult to talk about the war dead and the fallen without invoking valor, without invoking the words 'heroes.'"

Hayes tried to explain why that makes him uneasy: "I feel ... uncomfortable about the word hero because it seems to me that it is so rhetorically proximate to justifications for more war."

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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chrishayes; msnbc
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Hell with his apology. The idiot said exactly what he meant to say.
1 posted on 05/28/2012 5:13:15 PM PDT by tobyhill
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To: tobyhill

Jane Fonda with a penis. Or maybe not...


2 posted on 05/28/2012 5:14:56 PM PDT by donozark (One in four Confederate Soldiers who fell at Gettysburg came from North Carolina.)
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To: tobyhill

What a freaking PIG! Hayes needs to get the .... out of this country!


3 posted on 05/28/2012 5:15:03 PM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto.)
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To: tobyhill

Dollar short and a day late.


4 posted on 05/28/2012 5:15:03 PM PDT by boomop1
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To: tobyhill

He’s a turd, flush him with the rest of that $hitty network.


5 posted on 05/28/2012 5:16:13 PM PDT by izzatzo (Just beat Obama.)
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To: tobyhill

Agree. I was so angry I sent him an email. These punks need to be exposed.


6 posted on 05/28/2012 5:16:38 PM PDT by NoExpectations
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To: tobyhill

He is only sorry he said it out loud.


7 posted on 05/28/2012 5:16:51 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: tobyhill

APOLOGY NOT ACCEPTED!..crawl back under the rock scumbag...and stay there!


8 posted on 05/28/2012 5:17:54 PM PDT by Doogle (((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: tobyhill

I would like that news to go viral

http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-TV/2012/05/27/MSNBC-Host-uncomfortable-about-word-hero


9 posted on 05/28/2012 5:18:15 PM PDT by Irish Eyes
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Course he would call anybody killing our soldiers a hero. What a traitor. They keep giving looks inside their minds.

Pray for Our Troops


10 posted on 05/28/2012 5:18:41 PM PDT by bray (Power to We the People)
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To: tobyhill; EveningStar
The great Iowahawk"s lastest tweet:


11 posted on 05/28/2012 5:21:18 PM PDT by Roscoe Karns
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To: tobyhill

Apology NOT accepted. That POS ought to try dedicating his very LIFE to defending this Country.


12 posted on 05/28/2012 5:21:23 PM PDT by ThunderSleeps (Stop obama now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
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To: NoExpectations

I’m tired of these lame ass “apologies” by the Liberal Rats where they still insert their anti-American propaganda.


13 posted on 05/28/2012 5:21:31 PM PDT by tobyhill (Conservatives are proud of themselves, Liberals lie about themselves)
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To: tobyhill

He’s only sorry he got caught. What a classless scumbag.


14 posted on 05/28/2012 5:21:47 PM PDT by GreatRoad (O < 0)
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"I feel ... uncomfortable about the word hero because it seems to me that it is so rhetorically proximate to justifications for more war."

It's despicable to imply that a soldier's primary objective is to become a hero rather than allegiance to the Constitution and obeying orders.

15 posted on 05/28/2012 5:21:47 PM PDT by randita
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To: tobyhill

For those who tweet: https://mobile.twitter.com/#!/chrislhayes


16 posted on 05/28/2012 5:22:12 PM PDT by jdsteel (Give me freedom, not more government.)
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To: tobyhill

I'll just post this picture for Mr. Hayes to look at....

17 posted on 05/28/2012 5:22:23 PM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: bray

sobmfah


18 posted on 05/28/2012 5:22:23 PM PDT by Surrounded_too
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To: tobyhill

I accept it.

On listening to the recording earlier I heard him seem to struggle with the concept. It wasn’t full of snarkiness, bile, or pomposity. I was actually quite surprised by that. And now he apologizes. I’m 20 years Navy and have been illuminated by fire control radar and chased by a Soviet sub. Other than those two non-combat experiences I haven’t been so much as insulted by an enemy. That’s all I come from. I’ll let those with real combat experience have their say but I am good with it.


19 posted on 05/28/2012 5:22:31 PM PDT by jimfree (In Nov 2012 my 11 y/o granddaughter will have more relevant executive experience than Barack Obama)
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To: Roscoe Karns

or latest


20 posted on 05/28/2012 5:24:04 PM PDT by Roscoe Karns
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