More Soldier Insults: Courtesy Of Stephen King
by johnsblogs42 ~ May 7th, 2008. Filed under: Defending America, Shaking Down Socialistic Squirrels and other nuts!, Uncategorized.Ensuring that the liberal torch isn’t extinguished by any patriotic folks who really give a crap about our troops is today’s topic. Horror author Stephen King tosses a fantastically inane insult at our men and women in uniform, John Kerry style. And we all know what happened to Kerry.
For those who wish to see the video of the aging idiot in action of opening the hole under his nose, HERE is the link. Oh, but remember, he said he didn’t want to sound like a commercial or a public service ad, so that’s supposed to excuse him, or make things all better. WRONG!
King has been a pretty outspoken opponent of the Iraq war since pretty darn near its inception. Fine! Great! Fantastic! That’s his, or anyone in this countries right. Go ahead and be a Cindy Sheehan all you want. But pulling a Kerry-ism and debasing the very individuals who provide you that freedom, (whilst is your right to do,) is just plain out of line. Point your hatred where it belongs, at the leadership, NOT the soldier.
Here is the text of what Mr. King said; “I don’t want to sound like an ad, a public service ad on TV, but the fact is if you can read, you can walk into a job later on. If you don’t, then you’ve got, the Army, Iraq, I don’t know, something like that. It’s, it’s not as bright. So, that’s my little commercial for that.”
It should be made known, that King made this comment during a speech he was giving in the Library of Congress. Yeah, a building full of old documents created by a bunch of old guys a couple centuries ago. Guys that also must have been a bunch of illiterates as well, since a considerable number of them FOUGHT and DIED in a war to give King his so-called rights. By the way, they ALSO volunteered back then.
I’ve never been an avid fan of King’s books, and this episode pretty much assures that I won’t ever be. Not that one person’s refusal to ever read another book by HIM will make any kind of solid, tangible difference. But hey, if you truly believe in peoples rights, then it’s my RIGHT to refuse to read his crap anymore. Right?
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May 10th, 2008 at 11:51 am
I don’t think that Stephen King is that far off from his statement on literacy in America. Although at this time in our country’s history to be outspoken against this particular war is of course unpopular, however his statements about our country’s literacy problem should be at the forefront of discussion. Having been stationed alongside the Army, and having read the ‘instruction manuals’ provided to them, it is absolutely a FACT that those enlisted in the army are not proficient enough readers to attend an actual college. I will never second guess a soldiers honor, integrity, or importance; however it is sadly true that they don’t make up the United States’ brightest and most educated – however painful that is to hear.