tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post116152338527614539..comments2023-11-03T03:17:27.053-05:00Comments on NPR Check: Absolute SupportMytwordshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04307620268159811668noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-1161612863856507402006-10-23T09:14:00.000-05:002006-10-23T09:14:00.000-05:00Oh god, yet another "heartland" segment...how hear...Oh god, yet another "heartland" segment...how heart-warming (as in heartburn.) Yes, by all means interview the benighted and incurious. How entertaining! Slather their pig-ignorant opinions with heapin' helpins' of volk righteousness. Serve with pre-chewed shibboleths. Mmmmmmmm!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27644679.post-1161555680244381392006-10-22T17:21:00.000-05:002006-10-22T17:21:00.000-05:00In general, NPR like most media, is taking the vie...In general, NPR like most media, is taking the view that there is nothing so holy in our society as the US soldier/veteran. Their sanctity is so powerful that it can be used even by their relatives. Anything they say must simply be transmitted without challenge or question. I think this attitude is one of the scariest things about American society today. I thinks its equally disturbing whether this deference is paid to military voices from either the pro- or ant-war side. Basically this implies that only soldiers or veterans should have any right to speak about the deployment or withdrawal of the military. I think this idea has grown significantly since the end of the Vietnam war, so it may stem from the fact that so few people now actually serve in the military. I think this is what led to ignoring what people had to say who actually had spent their professional lives studying Iraq (working either in academia or at State or CIA).<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I'm really tired of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com