Ms. Moonbat Cindy Sheehan delivered yet another
well-thought out, well-intentioned bit of comfort idiotic vitriol to those whose sons and daughters are serving overseas:
By Joe Kovacs
© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com
After calling the terrorists in Iraq who killed her son "freedom fighters," anti-Bush activist Cindy Sheehan now says other mothers of those slain in the conflict whose views oppose her own are "brainwashed."
"I have been silent on the Gold Star Moms who still support [President Bush] and his war by saying that they deserve the right to their opinions because they are in as much pain as I am. I would challenge them, though, at this point to start thinking for themselves," Sheehan said.
"How can these moms who still support George Bush and his insane war in Iraq want more innocent blood shed just because their sons or daughters have been killed? I don't understand it," Sheehan stated. "I am starting to lose a little compassion for them. I know they have been as brainwashed as the rest of America, but they know the pain and heartache and they should not wish it on another. However, I still feel their pain so acutely and pray for these 'continue the murder and mayhem' moms to see the light."
As a parent of an honorable young man who is about to be in harm's way in Iraq, I side with this parent..
What an elitist, arrogant [remark]," Hallie Lord writes in an online messageboard. "The fact that some of us mothers vehemently disagree with you does not mean that we have been brainwashed. We are perfectly capable of thinking for ourselves and forming intelligent opinions about this war. ... The more you belittle others the less likely they are to hear and respond to your message."
IMO, Cindy Sheehan has politicized this to the point where the loss of her son has been bypassed by sheer political partisanship. She has thrown down the gauntlet (albeit a very dull one at that) in the arena of ideas and has opened those ideas up to the scrutiny and the ridicule they deserve. She gets no pass in my book.
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