Author Jon Krakauer joins Stephen to discuss how the last Republican administration lied about Pat Tillman to help glorify their war – which in itself was based upon a lie. And with the help of the recently fired General McChrystal they keep the lie going for political reasons. McChrystal was fired for being INSENSITIVE. For as we have recently learned from the New York Mosque controversy, Republicans are very sensitive to insensitivity, not only is it what defines their ideology, but is more important to them than the constitution. For as we read on…
"Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion or the free exercise thereof; unless some find either process insensitive to their own religion."
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Pat Tillman stood up in a fire fight, waved to his support group and shouted DON’T SHOOT IT’S US and they shoot anyway causing the end of Pat Tilman. Republicans were using Tillman to glorify war and soldiering in American minds. General McChrystal enjoined a conspiracy of lies and deceit to cover it all up and gave the patsy a Silver Star
for getting himself shot by another set of glorified American Soldiers. I spent some time at this kind of thing and know what it’s really about. In fact you can ask any soldier who has experienced the adrenaline rush of combat. It’s about your buddies. Not flags, not ideology, not metals and not glory. It’s about not letting your friends down. Much like the rule of life but more unforgiving.
You see the difference between what you saw in that video and what I say here. It’s a matter of branding. Those on the left just don’t get it.
The Bush Administration is over, they do not matter one wit. It is
the mad Republican elephant in the room that is the problem, the direct
cause of war, recession and unemployment. It is that elephant that needs
to be branded as the rogue animal it is.
Conservatives are
experts at this branding business, so much so that the word "liberal"
– meaning tolerance – was forced out of use a generation ago as a dirty
word. The Lword was joined with the class of such words as the Nword, and
the Fword. Today we are forced to use the word "progressive" because it
does not contain that hated aspect of "tolerance" which has been
declared obscene in American politics.
The present generational branding by
Republicans has successfully branded Democrats as Socialists while
political correctness has over the years branded all on the left as finger waving
intolerant nazies.
This success of branding is why oh so sensitive country club Republicans
play so well to rural ignorance,
religious intolerance and all this racial and ethnic bigotry going on at
present. It is why they win elections. They play to the stupid and
being that most people are mostly stupid, its a win win for Republicans.
The branding that needs to be done now concerns the reality of what has
happened to the Republican Party since the Muslim black man from Kenya stole the White House.
There is no longer any difference between conservative,
Right-wing, religious Right, talk radio, Fox News and the GOP. It has
all become the same ugly pile of crap.