GySgt said:
Like I said, I was returning the favor.
"Hate" would be the wrong word to use here. I simply have no tolerance for people that choose to be impotent to national pride because it is easier to give support to the flag burner.
I disagree, your posts are chock full of hate, as is this one. You HATE Democrats. You HATE anyone who disagrees with you, You HATE people who defend the Constitution.
GySgt said:
A person's political persuasion very much defines the man.
It's oh so sad that you're unable to judge people beyond one narrow aspect of their being. Reading your posts, however, I do believe you when you write that you judge people only by their politics.
There's a strong argument to be made for judging people for their humanity, for their ability to be a parent, a friend, a neighbor, a coach on a little league team, a person who helps others, i.e. a doctor, lawyer, fireman, policeman, teacher, truck driver, etc. IMHO judging someone only by their political persuasion is a very stilted way to look at the world. That's my opinion.
GySgt said:
And No....What is sad is a group of Americans that refuse to stand for what is right for fear of losing a right. Oh sure, you say you don't agree with flag burning, yet you decide to rally for someone's right to do it. It's cowardice and hypocritical.
Maybe you're unable to intellecualize beyond what you think is right? I don't know how to react to someone who cannot understand defending one's right to dissent, especially since that is exactly one of the founding principles of this country. Maybe I'm misinterpreting what you mean, but I understand it to be that you have zero tolerance for anyone who defends someone or something that you disagree with. I think you're saying that if someone defends something you hate then you hate them?
I was taught differently, and I believe differently. I do not want to impose my view on others. I will always defend your right to be wrong, to be insensitive, to be intollerant, to be full of resentment for your fellow Americans. Go for it dude!
How come you can't tolerate someone else's point of view? What does it do to you that makes you so full of disgust.
You've written some things that I've taken personally. You've made it sound that as a soldier you regret having to serve in the military to protect people who have my political beliefs. That's really harsh, you know? If I've misunderstood your meaning, I apologize, but that is how I've read some of your posts.
I don't know? Maybe it's the military mentality or training? I can tell you look down your nose at anyone whose not served in the military, you cast aspersion against us who have not. You've written multiple times how you saw things personally in the military that we haven't seen so our opinion means s**t because you know better.
I just find it too bad that you hate me and my fellow Democrats to the point that you would prefer we leave the country. I get the impression that if a rally that had only Democrats attending was attacked by terrorists you would be less outraged than if it were a rally of Republicans only. That is how I read you, and if I am wrong, I apologize in advance.
The people you've served with that have been Democrats, if they believe that Flag Burning is an expression of free speech you think they're cowards? That's what you wrote....
GySgt said:
liberal hypocracy bleeds into everything and makes grand efforts to undermine anything that stands for something greater than their political party. In my 32 insignificant years of life, this has been my observations of the political problems in America. Very few actually stand for America. The political party and it's sheep have taken center stage. There’s no one the new American Left so despises as the working man or woman who continues to believe in the United States. To them, we are the one's decaying America for standing for decency.
This last paragraph is pure bullshit, sorry. In case you haven't paid attention working class people are more democratic than republican. How can that be if Democrats "despise" the working class?
Do you understand what the Republicans do to the middle class? They give tax cuts to the top 1%, saving them trillions of dollars. However, the middle class guy who struggles to pay $44k for one year of college for his daughter doesn't get a tax cut for that expense? I know this because my daughter is going to college in the fall and it's $44k. The only way to qualify for any financial aid is to first spend every penny I've ever saved, and every penny that my daughter has ever saved. No tax break, nothing. The millionaire who can afford to send his kid to college without a problem gets a tax cut, but people like me do not AND will have to spend all the money they've ever saved (except 401k) to send his kids to college, with no assistance from the government at all.
You think that Bush cares about this? Do you think Congress does? Nope, instead they waste their time and energy on a flag burning bill that is pure grandstanding and has no benefit to Americans, like me, who are struggling to make their kids into better Americans.
In other words, Bush gives back trillions to his fellow millionaires but does not bother to see the value in investing in our nation's youth so their parents can send them to college. Don't you think the more college educated people we have the better our country will be?
So please, don't write BS about how Democrats don't care at all about the working class because you have nothing that you can write that shows that Republicans do anything to make being middle class better.