Sunday, September 28, 2008

Godwin's UCMJ

Why is it, that whenever you try to debate something with a military member or spouse, they always resort to the "fighting for your right to say that" bs to make their point? This must be a new form of Godwin's law.


For example, I some how got involved with an email discussion about one of McCain's ads. I have no idea who these people are or how they got my Yahoo address, but the discussion was quite interesting until a Marine wife spoke up. Here's her email in it's entirety so that you can get the full effect of the longer the post, the closer to one the probability of bringing fighting for your freedom becomes (the highlight in red is my doing):

FOR ONE...ALL OF YOU OPINIONATED JACKASSES STOP INCLUDING ME IN YOUR FUCKING EMAILS...I DON'T KNOW A SINGLE ONE OF YOU YET I HAVE GOTTEN ALL THE BITCH SESSIONS YOU HAVE BEEN PASSING AROUND AND I AM TRULY SICK OF READING IT ALL...THIS IS A PRIVATE EMAIL AND DON'T LIKE RECEIVING EMAILS FROM PEOPLE I DON'T KNOW...AND THEN WANT TO BITCH ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN OUR COUNTRY...IF YOUR PISSED AND UPSET ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE COUNTRY THEN SPEAK THE FUCK UP...A GROUP EMAIL TO A BUNCH OF PEOPLE YOU DON'T KNOW ISN'T GOING TO CHANGE ANYTHING...THAT'S ALL YOUR BITCHING IS ABOUT IS CHANGE...WELL GET OFF YOUR ASS...STEP AWAY FROM THE COMPUTER AND GET OUT THERE AND START MAKING SOME CHANGE...AND IF YOUR FOR OBAMA AND PLANNING TO VOTE FOR HIM YOU BETTER KNOW WHAT YOUR VOTING FOR!!!!! IF YOU THINK HE IS WHAT THIS COUNTRY NEEDS YOU ARE VERY MISTAKENLY WRONG...SURE HOPE YOU ALL LIKE PAYING MORE TAXES AND LIKE THE GOVERNMENT IN YOUR BUSINESS WITH EVERYTHING CAUSE I SURE AS SHIT DON'T...YOU ALL ARE A BUNCH OF SOCIALIST LIBERALS...I FOR ONE AM FOR MCCAIN/PALIN JUST LIKE THE MANY MANY OTHERS WHO ARE AND I LIVE IN A MILITARY TOWN...FOR ALL OF YOU WHO OPPOSE THE WAR...TO FUCKING BAD...WHAT HAS BEEN STARTED NEEDS TO BE FINISHED...IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SUPPORT THE TROOPS THEN GLADLY STAND IN FRONT OF THEM...YOUR SORRY ASSES CAN BE SHOT AT INSTEAD OF MY HUSBAND, MANY FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS...THEY ARE DEFENDING YOUR FREEDOM WHICH APPARENTLY YOU DON'T APPRECIATE...IF YOU DID INSTEAD OF SENDING POINTLESS EMAILS YOU COULD TAKE A VETERAN TO LUNCH OR DINNER...PAY AND SAY THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU HAVE DONE...I AM A MARINE WIFE AND I STILL TELL THE OTHER MILITARY MEMBERS THANK YOU FOR WHAT THEY DO!!!! YOUR LIVES AREN'T AT RISK...YOU AREN'T THE ONES MAKING A DIFFERENCE...AND THE MILITARY RISKS THEIR LIVES CAUSE THEY BELIEVE IN WHAT THEY ARE DOING...NO ONE HAS FORCED THEM DO JOIN AND GO TO IRAQ...YOU PEOPLE TAKE THE BACK SEAT TO EVERYTHING...IT'S PEOPLE LIKE YOU THAT HAVE MADE THIS COUNTRY AND SOCIETY WHAT IT HAS BECOME!!! I TRULY FEEL SORRY FOR YOU!

SIGNED A MARINE WIFE!

STOP INCLUDING MY EMAIL ADDRESS IN YOUR BITCHING!!!



I also have to point out she ironically "sure as shit" does not like the government in her "business with everything". That's pretty funny because last I checked, being a Marine is government job - in fact probably one of the most micromanaged government jobs you could possibly have. I know my husband is a Marine all day everyday in everything he does, so I guess her husband is only a Marine when he feels like it.

If no one has forced your loved ones to volunteer for military service or asked them to go Iraq - "cause they believe in what they are doing" - if you're so happy, then why do you need reassurance and ego stroking from the rest of us? Do you expect Chesty Puller to give you a high five every morning when you show up for work? If you think the rest of us are aren't worthy of your protection and precious time, by all means go be an accountant. Better yet, go live in a cabin in Montana then you'll never have to be subjected to ungrateful hippies ever again.

Off to finish my latte then eat lunch on my elistist liberal arts campus....

2 comments:

Unknown said...

even though i'm a small government guy, i can appreciate well thought out and well argued points from the opposite side of what i support.

that response was neither well thought out nor well argued. i'd say the same thing from an obama supporter. [although i'm not one to talk] when you communicate with people via email, use proper punctuation, sentence structure, capitalization and most importantly spelling, to make your point.

otherwise, you come of sounding like an ignorant yokel with a maximum of a sixth grade education, regardless of which side you support.

being a marine requires a high school equivalent education. i'm guessing being the spouse of a marine doesn't.

[that was in no way targeted at you, becky, or chris]

Anonymous said...

As a veteran myself, I find it unfortunate that McCain is yet again exploiting members of the military for his own political gain. Of course those in the military have made sacrifices. No one questions the service of our military members. But all the reasons this young man states that the war is not a mistake are none of the reasons why it was stated we were invading Iraq. We invaded Iraq because they supposedly held WMDs and were an imminent threat. I have no intention of voting for Obama, but I can understand why someone else might when McCain so obviously is willing to take advantage of us veterans for his own campaign. http://straighttalkonmccain.blogspot.com/