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[noahgibbs]

Support Our Troops, but not our draft dodgers. Hey, if they could harass Clinton mercilessly about it...

To folks like karenbynight: "support our troops" isn't meaningless, exactly. It's like supporting an alcoholic. Support the person, but don't support their symptoms.

Except, of course, that supporting the symptoms is the legally mandated part. I suppose we could think of ourselves, collectively, as a store clerk just doing our job by redeeming Beer Stamps for an alcoholic on welfare.

Never mind. Forget the "support our troops" bit.

Comments

[bredmold.livejournal.com]

Just a useless snarky comment: Bush didn't dodge the draft, he deserted.

[angelbob.livejournal.com]

Wow. Didn't realize.

"Support our deserter". I like the sound of that.

[karenbynight.livejournal.com]

I'm still trying to figure out why, if all that's required for somebody to support the troops is for them to say "I support our troops", lots of people get so upset that I won't say it.

Doesn't it sort of remind you of assuring people that you're not now and never were a communist?

[angelbob.livejournal.com]

Actually, it reminds me more of elementary school, but I wasn't so much around for the communist bit. I'm assuming you weren't either, given your age :-)

But yeah, it's got a certain amount in common with that.

Hm. House Un-Troop-Supporting Activies Council... You'd call it HUTSAC, maybe. Or just HUSAC.

[queen-elvis.livejournal.com]

Eh, I still maintain that it has about as much meaning as saying you support motherhood and apple pie. It's good to draw a distinction between supporting the troops and supporting the war, but that doesn't make it a meaningful phrase on its own.

[r-transpose-p.livejournal.com]

really?

Do you have a URL or a newsclipping to refer me to?

Or at least some sort of story behind it?