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| Ralph Peters: to the NYT, veterans are "the new lepers" |
| 2008-01-18 |
| I'VE had a huge response to Tuesday's column about The New York Times' obscene bid to smear veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan as mad killers. Countless readers seem to be wondering: Why did the paper do it? Well, in the Middle Ages, lepers had to carry bells on pain of death to warn the uninfected they were coming. One suspects that the Times would like our military veterans to do the same. The purpose of Sunday's instantly notorious feature "alerting" the American people that our Iraq and Afghanistan vets are all potential murderers when they move in next door was to mark those defenders of freedom as "unclean" - as the new lepers who can't be trusted amid uninfected Americans. . . . Go read the rest of it--it's "fire for effect" time. |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #13 On a brighter note NYT stock has lost 70% of it's value in the last four years. Pinch leadership. |
| Posted by: Sid 6.7 2008-01-18 23:57 |
| #12 acute granular vaginitis We have a winner! |
| Posted by: Raj 2008-01-18 19:48 |
| #11 http://www.rangerup.com/grzoremetee.html |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2008-01-18 19:36 |
| #10 You have to read IowaHawks piece today about media vets. Media Vets Unrelated incidents, or mounting evidence of that America's newsrooms have become a breeding ground for murderous, drunk, gun-wielding child molesters? Answers are elusive, but the ever-increasing toll of violent crimes committed by journalists has led some experts to warn that without programs for intensive mental health care, the nation faces a potential bloodbath at the hands of psychopathic media vets. LOL! These reporters have been dishing it out for years, I hope they are ready to take it because there is no doubt in my mind it is going to come their way. Personally, my take on it is that the reporters are jealous. They used to think themselves the tough cool guys, then the studly vets came home. Rather than admire and thank the vets, like most secure American males are happy to do, these reporters see them, then look in the mirror and realize that they are everything they are not. |
| Posted by: Whomong Guelph4611 2008-01-18 16:47 |
| #9 I don't think the Times will really be happy until one of them walks in there and shoots up their newsroom... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-01-18 16:14 |
| #8 acute granular vaginitis |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2008-01-18 16:10 |
| #7 Or full on, bat shit crazy? |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2008-01-18 16:00 |
| #6 How about moon bat? |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2008-01-18 16:00 |
| #5 "Liberal" works for me |
| Posted by: Oldcat 2008-01-18 14:54 |
| #4 #3 I think we need a contest to come up with a descriptive term along the lines of racist, sexist, or homophobic when people display an irrational guttural hatred of our folks in uniform. Other than the term Democrat, because that would be redundant. A new 'ist' term to be more specific. Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-01-18 14:20 Patrophobic may be the word you seek. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-01-18 14:52 |
| #3 I think we need a contest to come up with a descriptive term along the lines of racist, sexist, or homophobic when people display an irrational guttural hatred of our folks in uniform. Other than the term Democrat, because that would be redundant. A new 'ist' term to be more specific. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-01-18 14:20 |
| #2 The "new" lepers? I thought treating our veterans as such has been en vogue on the left for the past 40 years. |
| Posted by: Dar 2008-01-18 13:12 |
| #1 To a darkly humorous degree, all this reflects the Freudian terrors leftists feel when confronted with men who don't have concave chests. Ka-boom. |
| Posted by: Matt 2008-01-18 12:17 |