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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Anybody gotta mugshot of this low-life?
As a Viet/Cold War Veteran, I know true heroes. I believe the MSNBC commentator had stated his comments with purpose, direction and clarity. In doing so, he has spat, on EVERY military member’s grave, from the time of the Revolution, thrrough till now. My answer is “NO!” I wish him the full measure of the repercussions of his statement, to his last breath.
He’s sorry he may have hurt his career.
Perfect.
He’s wasted his breath apologizing. I will not accept it. Still want to see his comfort zone adjusted.
I’m not uncomfortable calling you an American POS.....
Yikes...
The “apology” is ALL ABOUT HIM!
then he bloviates some more. What scum!!
Send him to Iran or N Korea or syria...then he can “feel more conmfortable” with his stupidity!
I thought Chris was Rachel Maddow’s sister.
Nothing to see here folks. Just another Democrat. Move along now.
By: Noel Sheppard | May 28, 2012 | 10:48 NewsBusters reported Sunday that MSNBC anchor Chris Hayes is "uncomfortable" calling America's fallen military members "heroes." According to a June 2011 piece about him published by the far-left Alternet, Hayes has no problem saying his parents are "heroic figures": Read more: http://newsbusters.org/#ixzz1wBe8sfzU
I don’t. I spent enough time fighting the Commie Bastards that I’m not going to let a Commie Bastard off the hook with some lame ass “apology”.
tobyhill's right. He's not sorry one bit.
Shame on him.
So this little Fag is what passes as a “Journalist” these days. I am so sick and tired of these useless vermin spewing their hate for America over the airwaves. Useless scum.
He looks like a pansy to me.
The talking head is a metro-sexual douche bag with no worth in this world. Watching him in the video is like watching a vacant, hollow man spewing nonsense.
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