Our childish insistence on calling soldiers heroes deadens real democracy

Salon ^ | NOV 9th | David Masciotra

[mrsmel]

Figures. Weak pussified men always need to try to tear down real men, because they themselves know they’re incapable of rising to the level of real men. I’ve seen this IRL also.

[luvie]

Sickening and disrespectful article and not worthy of this site that loves the troops!

[Eva]

HBO has a series starting on Monday about what war does to a person.

[Mastador1]

What else could you expect from people that lionize, abortionists, queers and child rapists.

[Jet Jaguar]

Active Duty/Retiree ping.

[Publius]

I’ll grant that the author needs a good ass-whupping.

[NELSON111]

And THIS is the reason I am active on Facebook. This article is now posted for all to see. The more people learn about the left...the more they will hate them.

[mjp]

Identify the criteria for heroism and define the criterial equivalence of each of the criteria. But, who will be the one to identify and define, and who decides that?

[DJ Taylor]

Now I know what goes on in a liberal Democrat homosexual’s mind, and that’s something I really didn’t need to know.

[mrsmel]

On this earth, my husband is my hero. There’s no one like him in the world.

[TruthWillWin]

Someone needs to remind David that without these soldiers he wound not have the freedom to make a fool of himself by writing an article like this.

[Will88]

“Effete corps of impudent snobs”

[beelzepug]

A real hero takes action when it needs to be taken and, having done so, continues on down the road, asking for no special recognition and giving it no more thought. We are surrounded by so many good people, the names of whom we will never know. And that’s the way they want it.

[piasa]

I’m betting one of his heroes is Che Guevera- neolibs like a man in uniform so long as there is a red star on the beret.

[SunkenCiv]

> Put a man in uniform, preferably a white man, give him a gun, and Americans will worship him.

So writes a self-identifying white privilege elitist pig.

[Amendment10]

The USA is a real constitutional republic, not a democracy, at least on paper.

[Will88]

Didn’t read every word, but saw no mention that this character is bothered by the real misapplication of the word “hero”: calling sporting figures and celebrities heroes.

I think he’s actually more bothered by the military and policemen in general than any possible misuse of a specific word.

[Volunteer]

He's a 29 year-old with a Masters Degree in English Lit.

So... not exactly a tough guy.

He's White, He's Liberal, He feels guilty.

Why Indiana is tolerating this kind of stupid is beyond me...

[TADSLOS]

Obammi and Jon Kerry approve this message.

[Mariner]

I’m tempted to find out where this guy is and kick his ass.