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[ceebeegee]

From the Washington Post LTTE page:

Some delegates at the Republican National Convention are wearing bandages with Purple Hearts on them as a way to mock Democratic nominee John F. Kerry.

This childish tactic is also an attack on all brave soldiers who were wounded in defense of this country.

These delegates should be ashamed.

My grandfather (Army Air Corps pilot during WWII, decorated numerous times although no Purple Heart--he was known for bringing his men back safely--he did however win the Croix de Guerre avec Palme) would spit on these people. How. Dare. They.

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[minstrel70.livejournal.com]

This is not an attack on anyone but Kerry, whose three wounds were superficial (particularly the first) and required no hospitalization.

It is a little childish, and rather foolish considering those who wore them had to know the media would go ballistic over it.

It's the nature of political conventions, though, that not every idea for buttons or signs is tasteful. Yet not a single story out of Boston about the Dem delegates. I'm sure there wasn't a single insulting button to be found amongst the lot of them.

[foulpost.livejournal.com]

Yep, real funny. There are men over in Iraq earning real ones every day, and this is a joke to them? Nice, thanks for the respect. Fucking lily white scumbag cowards. Don't let your "medals" fall into the pate, someone might get offended.

[mysticblaze.livejournal.com]

Let's look at all the energy that is being spent to protest the RNC, including people showing up to planned protests, the fires, the preparation of costumes. Let's also look at all the energy that was spent to protest the DNC, which also included planned protests and the preparation of costumes (I don't recall if any fires were set).

Now then, why not harness all that energy and use it to come up with a solution that helps the people in this country? While I agree that everyone has the right to protest, I don't see the point in wasting so much energy that could be used for better things, such as coming up with a feasible plan to address some of the issues that plague us today.

The protests and rhetoric are getting boring. Let's accomplish something instead.