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re: Prof Tweets 'Trying Not To Vomit’ After Passenger Gave Up Seat For Soldier
Posted on 3/31/17 at 10:16 am to LSU12223
Posted on 3/31/17 at 10:16 am to LSU12223
quote:Admittedly, putting it the way I did was overly aggressive. My point was that I think some gestures like this are based on a cultural glorification of the military...but I did not intend to denigrate non-combat roles in the process.
that doesn't bother me. The went through the same basic training as other people in the same branch. I will buy lunch for the damn janitor of the military branches.
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Posted on 3/31/17 at 10:19 am to Tigerdev
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My point was that I think some gestures like this are based on a cultural glorification of the military.
And most are likely out of genuine respect for the service.
Why someone giving up a seat can cause so much angst is perplexing. It's not like libs are asked to pitch in to pay for the seat. It has no affect on your lives but here we are bitching about people being nice.
Posted on 3/31/17 at 10:20 am to LNCHBOX
quote:I'm saying that the right has secured the high-ground on this issue. Military compensation and spending are basically an untouchable part of the budget and the tactic they use is to perpetuate the idea that "these folks are heroes. How can you reduce the compensation of a hero? How can you reduce the budget of our heroes?"
How is this only a conservative thing? What military cuts happened in the previous administration?
Democrats lobby for domestic spending...Conservatives lobby for military spending. I didn't think that was even a controversial statement.
Posted on 3/31/17 at 10:21 am to Lsuchs
Larry Bird kind of looks like an angry bird.
Posted on 3/31/17 at 10:21 am to roadGator
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It's not like libs are asked to pitch in to pay for the seat.
I actually am surprised. I thought the left liked it when one person pays for something and it is given to somebody else.
Posted on 3/31/17 at 10:22 am to pennypacker3
Why does that bother you? Regardless of what the left think, people should not lose their job because they express their opinion and it differs from other's opinions.
I do not agree with what he said/thinks and think he's nothing more than an attention whore trying to say controversial things to get people that are as closed minded as he is to like him. But, he should not lose his job and then potentially become unemployable because he said something controversial.
I do not agree with what he said/thinks and think he's nothing more than an attention whore trying to say controversial things to get people that are as closed minded as he is to like him. But, he should not lose his job and then potentially become unemployable because he said something controversial.
Posted on 3/31/17 at 10:23 am to Tigerdev
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I didn't think that was even a controversial statement.
I just don't see why it needs to be one sided.
Posted on 3/31/17 at 10:23 am to Weekend Warrior79
He's a carnival side show. He's the one that also tweeted that he wanted White Genocide.
LOL. He can't be fired. He's liberal teaching at a liberal university in a liberal city.
LOL. He can't be fired. He's liberal teaching at a liberal university in a liberal city.
Posted on 3/31/17 at 10:23 am to DawgsLife
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I actually am surprised. I thought the left liked it when one person pays for something and it is given to somebody else.
Only if it is given to someone living on the governments tits, not serving to protect the government and its people.
Posted on 3/31/17 at 10:24 am to roadGator
quote:Like most things here..It is just a conversation. You probably won't believe this but I *do* more volunteer and professional work that benefits Vets than what I imagine most of the "thank you for your service" crowd does.
It has no affect on your lives but here we are bitching about people being nice
I am not anti-military nor does this particularly upset me. I just think it is a part of our culture that causes some harm. We can't have real and honest conversations about military spending, troop levels, or compensation because of this hero worship stuff...
Posted on 3/31/17 at 10:25 am to Weekend Warrior79
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But, he should not lose his job and then potentially become unemployable because he said something controversial.
Not for the military tweet, but white genocide tweet. If he mentioned another races genocide, the media would be all over it and the school would have no choice but to fire him. Its hypocritical
Posted on 3/31/17 at 10:25 am to Weekend Warrior79
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Why does that bother you? Regardless of what the left think, people should not lose their job because they express their opinion and it differs from other's opinions.
You mean like Jimmy "The Greek"? Howard Cossell? and dozens of other examples?
Posted on 3/31/17 at 10:25 am to LNCHBOX
Don't take it that way. If I had thought this concept was even remotely controversial I would have left it out because I do agree that this issue *should* be platform agnostic. However, have someone propose to reform military compensation and see which side the political attacks accusing people of being unpatriotic come from...
Posted on 3/31/17 at 10:27 am to Tigerdev
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have someone propose to reform military compensation and see which side the political attacks accusing people of being unpatriotic come from
But we already know where it came from. It came from the left.... and all the goddamn liberals
Posted on 3/31/17 at 10:27 am to Tigerdev
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You probably won't believe this but I *do* more volunteer and professional work that benefits Vets than what I imagine most of the "thank you for your service" crowd does.
I believe you. I don't think you are a lying scumbag.
We can have a conversation about being nice to vets and military spending. Why couldn't we?
However, this thread devolved from the professors faux outrage because he say someone be nice. Think about that. He's outraged because of a kind deed.
This thread didn't need to go beyond that.
Posted on 3/31/17 at 10:29 am to Tigerdev
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Don't take it that way.
You worded it that way.
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However, have someone propose to reform military compensation and see which side the political attacks accusing people of being unpatriotic come from...
Give me some examples of the left proposing it.
Posted on 3/31/17 at 10:29 am to Weekend Warrior79
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But, he should not lose his job and then potentially become unemployable because he said something controversial.
This same standard of thought should be applied to the Colin Kaepernick fiasco
Posted on 3/31/17 at 10:29 am to roadGator
I said he was a douche in my first reply. Folks decided to focus on the other part of my post and I replied. It is a nice change of pace though from the Trumpkin shuffle.
Posted on 3/31/17 at 10:29 am to Tigerdev
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Like most things here..It is just a conversation. You probably won't believe this but I *do* more volunteer and professional work that benefits Vets than what I imagine most of the "thank you for your service" crowd does.
I believe you.
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I am not anti-military nor does this particularly upset me. I just think it is a part of our culture that causes some harm.
I can't see how it harms anything or anyone. I can do what i want with my money and my possessions. (Or I should be able to.) Further, it is none of the professors business what the guy does with his seat.
I also think the reaction to his latest tweet is amplified by his earlier tweets. Further, I believe he is an attention hound that loves the attention he gets. People like that can't help themselves. When he quits getting attention he will up his game and cross the line for everybody....and he will be fired. then he can tell everybody how blatantly unfair it was.
Posted on 3/31/17 at 10:30 am to Knight of Old
"Expressing thanks and offering an easily doable kindness may not epitomize sincerity but it hardly merits derision as some sort of misplaced "worship"."
So well said. Something I have noted over the last decade or so is an increased in ability in people just to say "I might not choose to do 'x' but that's what he chose to do." It wasn't enough for lefty prof dude to think that he wouldn't do it, it had to be that he was going to vomit, etc., because someone else did it.
So well said. Something I have noted over the last decade or so is an increased in ability in people just to say "I might not choose to do 'x' but that's what he chose to do." It wasn't enough for lefty prof dude to think that he wouldn't do it, it had to be that he was going to vomit, etc., because someone else did it.
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