Fucked Up Email of the Week
Ron Riggins’ Scorn for the Military
I thought for a while about just deleting this response to my Let’s Say Thanks post. It called for people to visit a free site and send a post card to the troops and I have heard from several of you who did so or who appreciated the gesture. I also posted it on the forum for one of my FFB leagues and got a reply from a guy who never ceases to amaze me. Ron is the sort of guy who like to talk tough, threatening people from behind his screen, lying and basically being an ass clown. Still I was shocked when he through out the following reply to my posting that the men and women in our armed services “deserved” a little love and respect. (Note: Reply at will, but please show more class than Ronnie if you want me to post it.)
Ron Riggins Posted
They deserve it, because they chose to enlist and leave their families and children behind to go and fight in the name of lining politician’s pockets!!!??? I feel bad for the kids and don’t give me, they fight for our freedom(that was the revolutionary war!), cause that’s not true, we’re a democracy anyway, always have, always will be!
In short Ron, YES. They deserve it because they “chose to enlist and their families and children behind.” That is EXACTLY why they deserve our respect, admiration and a little bit of love during the holiday season. I know that basic logic and common decency are beyond you, but you just implied that the only war for “our freedom” was the (sic) revolutionary war. Ummmmm, wrong. Whatever convoluted political point you are trying to make is buried behind a lack of class, a thesis statement that makes no sense (“we’re a democracy anyway, always have, always will be” What does that have to do with sending troops postcards?) We all feel bad for their kids and their spouses and their parents. They are out there fighting for ALL of us and if you don’t think they deserve five seconds of your time to send a post card, then the least you can do is shut the fuck up and spit so much scorn towards people who are putting their lives on the line for you and your kids. As I said in my original post on the board, doing this requires only a few seconds and a little bit of class. Clearly you have proven that you have neither.
