PSA in Ft.Worth/Dallas Area

[jcd11235 0]

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So I ask you now. Why is this thread so quiet?
Where is the outrage from the left? Where are the civil rights activists standing up for the little guy? You know the one that did nothing wrong? Where is Jesse Jackson and his Tyrade? Where is John Kerry and Edwards - you know "the grass roots" guys professing that there was an injustice done?

You're making enough noise about it for everybody. It doesn't need additional defenders.

Would you stand up for them if they were Muslim foreigners instead of troops?

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[Jimbo 0]

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eesh....that's one of the oldest urban legends going.

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> This is true - The marine is a friend of the family.

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From Snopes:

Claim: A serviceman in uniform is refused service because the establishment's owners don't support the war in Iraq.

Status: False.

In late March 2003, Duluth, Minnesota was a site of another blossoming of the "serviceman refused service" legend, one that became so widespread that it was reported as true on WDIO, a local television station. (WDIO retracted the story the next night.) The Duluth News Tribune was innundated by the tale as folks called and wrote to ask about a particular Canal Park restaurant they'd heard had turned away a U.S. Marine in uniform, the restaurant being the kind of funky place folks against the war might frequent. In another version, several Army reservists in uniform were said to have been somehow dishonored at another trendy Canal Park eatery. In still another iteration, someone in a military uniform was verbally abused in the Target parking lot.

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These are emotionally charged times, impelling many to perceive slights where none exist or to misparse events so as to transform a Marine turned away for not presenting a valid ID into someone given the boot by folks vehement in their opposition to the war. So many of the rumors of our times are the result of honest mishearings, misunderstandings, or misrememberings of real events or accounts of them that this type of shift -- especially when fevers are running high -- is almost to be expected.

We expect many more communities to be visited by the "shunned serviceman" story before it fully runs it course. It is, after all, the sort of shocking tale those angered by the anti-war movement will find great comfort in because it vilifies those who decry the current military action by presenting them as being against not only the war, but also against the men and women who are willing to risk their lives in the service of their country.

Snopes says it's true.


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[AggieDave 6]

What shows true here is that the liberal nay-sayers don't have anything to say, except "what if the tables were reversed" typical bullshit.

Well, I can truely see how the liberals on DZ.com view our servicemen and women. Pathetic that they would hold the value of someone serving their country so low.

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Snopes just added it in the last week.

Dave, I'd love to see you tell that I don't respect my brother for serving in the Air Force.

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[AggieDave 6]

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Dave, I'd love to see you tell that I don't respect my brother for serving in the Air Force.

Not you bro...I'm being pretty direct here.

Of course, now that I said it, folks are going to jump up and "say the right things" so they look good. Its not PC to hate the military now days (thank god).

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