It's as ridiculous as me saying I support cindy sheehan, I just do not support anything she says.

"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it". S.G. Tallentyre, paraphrasing Voltaire.

"Protesting a war is just as constitutional as fighting it" Chak, paraphrasing Para from memory.

Hire someone to do a job, and imagine your neighbors with a bullhorn yelling "You shouldn't be doing that", "Don't let him do that.", "He's murdering thousands of Iraqi babies", etc. That isn't support. Most of these twits never do a single thing other than their little "but I support the troops" disclaimer. The rest of the time they vilify and smear the job they are doing.

The belief that the Anti-War crowd is Supporting the troops is just an attempt to fool them self into feeling better.

It is just a feel good thing, to that make them think that they are not heading down the same trail that the Anti Vietnam groups who spit on returning troops did. But as a soldier I don't know of even one service member say "Gee, I really like that support Cindy Sheehan is giving us. I feel much better now."

IMO it is people like Robin Williams who make me proud. Robin Williams don't not think the war is right and does not agree with why we are there, but he repeatedly tours with the USO, never berates the soldier purpose in life, and is greatly appreciated by the troops. If Cindy want to support us, she should follow Robin's lead.

If by chance Robin Williams stumbles across this blogg, I for one salute you.

I completely agree with Cindy's right to say what she's saying but I, too, disagree with everything she's said and done. I support her, but not her actions.

Cheers,
Daiwa

I think it's perfectly possible to support a person, or their right or ability to do something, and not like what they are doing.

You can see this in families. We love and support our children, but we may not always like or agree with the life choices they make.

I support abortion rights. I do not like abortion.

I support a Christian's (or any other religious person's) right to worship even though I may not agree with their choices or beliefs.

I support the troops even though I don't agree with the war.

What is required is to practice tolerance and respect for the rights and priorities of others even when we do not agree with their actions or priorities. We may find what they do wrong or distasteful, but we can respect that they have a right to do it.

People who are against the war but say they support the troops may mean that they respect military service and the need for the service members to fulfill their obligations even though they do not agree with what those obligations may entail.

I can support Cindy Sheehan's right to protest and create a spectacle, without agreeing that what she is doing is right or constructive.

Diawa said it best.

We can support someone and their right to make use of the choices available to them without agreeing with their choices.

Reply By: ChakgogkaPosted: Saturday, August 27, 2005It's as ridiculous as me saying I support cindy sheehan, I just do not support anything she says."I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it". S.G. Tallentyre, paraphrasing Voltaire. "Protesting a war is just as constitutional as fighting it" Chak, paraphrasing Para from memory.

I have no problem with war protesters {big lie} it's the hypocracy of the I suppoert the troops but not the war.. just be honest, say it, I do not support the war OR THE TROOPS.

Reply By: BakerStreetPosted: Saturday, August 27, 2005Hire someone to do a job, and imagine your neighbors with a bullhorn yelling "You shouldn't be doing that", "Don't let him do that.", "He's murdering thousands of Iraqi babies", etc. That isn't support. Most of these twits never do a single thing other than their little "but I support the troops" disclaimer. The rest of the time they vilify and smear the job they are doing.

exactly baker... and the saddest part is the ones that say that I support the ntroops but not the war cannot even see how fulla crap they are.

Reply By: Lee1776Posted: Saturday, August 27, 2005The belief that the Anti-War crowd is Supporting the troops is just an attempt to fool them self into feeling better.

no it's there attempt to have it BOTH WAYS.

Reply By: DaiwaPosted: Saturday, August 27, 2005I completely agree with Cindy's right to say what she's saying but I, too, disagree with everything she's said and done. I support her, but not her actions.Cheers,Daiwa

yeh right!!

Reply By: Texas WahinePosted: Saturday, August 27, 2005I think it's perfectly possible to support a person, or their right or ability to do something, and not like what they are doing

sorry tex..let me ask you a question, you are in essence saying hate the sin, not the sinner... you ain't that evolved.

can you say you do not hate child molestors, you just hate what they do.

Reply By: little_whipPosted: Sunday, August 28, 2005I just think the woman is totally arrogant, there are millions of us who would love to have a private audience with the President, and thousands of families who've lost loved ones in the war.This twat gets her meeting, which is amazing enough to begin with and something she should be grateful for--and now demands another? Who the hell does she think she is, anyway? Just because extreme leftists hadn't gotten ahold of her yet to script the questions she asked Bush she feels she deserves another chance to meet with him face to face now in order to berate him?And I threw up a little in my mouth when I see that Al Sharpton, that bastion of respectability and legitimacy, is now joining her little group of wackos. I guess he'll be playing the race card now if Bush refuses to meet with the both of them.Who will be the next to join this little circus of the absurd, Ward Churchill?

prolly hanoi jane fondue.

Anyone else notice the subtle shift in the way the MSM are referring to Sheehan now?

An AP article in the paper over the weekend referred to her as an "icon of the national peace movement" (emphasis added). Talk about sophisticated propaganda techniques.

Cheers,
Daiwa

Chak, it's also Constitutional to be a quadruple amputee, but that doesn't make it a good idea to go out and chop your limbs off.

Everything Johnny Knoxville and Bam Margera did for the MTV film crews was Constitutional, but that didn't make them any less jackasses for doing it.

Pointing out that the Constitution allows idiots to mouth off doesn't change the fact that they're idiots, and doesn't justify their idiocy.

Cindy Sheehan is free to say whatever she likes. And the same Constitution that recognizes that freedom also recognizes my freedom to say that she should shut up on account of what she says is stupid and wrong. So at this point, the Constitution is totally irrelevant to the discussion, and I really wish people would stop bringing it up all the time.

Cindy Sheehan is free to say whatever she likes. And the same Constitution that recognizes that freedom also recognizes my freedom to say that she should shut up on account of what she says is stupid and wrong.

Yes. Where are we disagreeing?