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MSNBC host apologizes after saying he's 'uncomfortable' calling fallen soldiers heroes
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| 5/28/2012
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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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To: tobyhill
Well, thank goodness he didn't call anyone a Slut.
That being said, I assume this is the kickoff of “The Democrat's War On Fallen Heroes”.
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posted on
05/28/2012 8:42:31 PM PDT
by
Kickass Conservative
(Confucius say, short note better than long memory....)
To: tobyhill
Not sorry he said it, just sorry he got caught saying it.
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posted on
05/28/2012 9:23:27 PM PDT
by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: tobyhill
Did he try to get away with it because he knows his viewing audience is so low that it might go unnoticed?
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posted on
05/28/2012 9:26:30 PM PDT
by
philman_36
(Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
To: Roscoe Karns; IowaHawk
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posted on
05/28/2012 10:01:44 PM PDT
by
RichInOC
(No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
To: donozark
Jane Fonda with a penis. Or maybe not... Or as Ann Coulter tweeted last night: "'Uncomfortable' Calling Fallen Military 'Heroes' – Marines respond by protecting his right to menstruate.")
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posted on
05/28/2012 10:06:33 PM PDT
by
QT3.14
(Never Argue With A LIBERAL...They Will Drag You Down To Their Level, Then Beat You With Experience!)
To: raccoonradio
Chris Hayes may well be Rachel Maddow's sister. But she has a better haircut.
Then again, I may be confused as to which one "she" actually is...
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posted on
05/29/2012 7:29:53 AM PDT
by
donozark
(One in four Confederate Soldiers who fell at Gettysburg came from North Carolina.)
To: HerrBlucher
"I have no doubt the apology was forced by management. Obama is on a veterans support spree now in order to look like a normal prez, Chrissy’s statement is counter to it, even though Obama likely agrees with him."Exactly right. His beard works in the White House. Another perfectly timed obama own goal.
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posted on
05/29/2012 7:41:36 AM PDT
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lodi90
To: gilor
He’s a perfect example of an effete illiberal Liberal worm.
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posted on
05/29/2012 8:05:16 AM PDT
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elhombrelibre
("I'd rather be ruled by the Tea Party than the Democratic Party." Norman Podhoretz)
To: yoe
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posted on
05/29/2012 8:13:57 AM PDT
by
Graewoulf
((Dictator Baby-Doc Barack's obama"care" violates Sherman Anti-Trust Law, AND U.S. Constitution.))
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