* Wilbur Hubbard wrote, On 3/21/2007 2:51 PM:

Perhaps I was mistaken - there was a protest in Portland yesterday.
However, there was no mention in the Portland paper of a burning in
effigy. The writeup described it as a peaceful protest. Of the
hundred pictures posted, there is one that might have been the
aftermath of such an event. However, it was not the central focus of
the demonstration, and there was no news coverage of it at all.
Claiming that this singular event, if it occurred at all, is
representative of the entire liberal half of the population is shameful.


I hear it said all the time, "Why don't peace-loving Muslims denounce
the Islamic terrorists?" It is asked because you don't hear peace-loving
Muslims denounce Islamic terrorist. It's because, for the most part,
they don't denounce terrorists because they're fellow Muslims.

The same question can be asked of Democrats. "Why don't moderate
Democrats denounce the left-wing, soldier-effigy-burning radical
leftists?" I don't hear you denounce them. I do hear you denounce the
person who brought up the subject. This leads me to believe you support
these flag burning, effigy burning, military bashing fascists. You
haven't said otherwise and I'm willing you will not be able to find it
within yourself to say. "I hate these radical peacenik leftist assholes.
I hate it that they give Democrats a bad name. I don't want anything to
do with them. I denounce their unpatriotic activities. Real Democrats
don't act like they do." You can't say it because you identify with them.

In this case, its a little hard to denounce something where there's no
specific evidence of what actually happened. Was a "soldier" burned
in effigy? An American soldier, or a soldier in general? There was
no "legitimate" news coverage of the event, so its understandable that
no one has denounced it.

If you want me do denounce the shameful way that our troops returning
from Viet Nam were treated, I'll do that here and now: it was
shameful. If there is any recurrence of that no, I'll denounce that
also. But one isolated act, not covered by the media, does not
require the written denunciation from the majority of Americans that
are "left of center."

As I recall, you didn't "apologize" for Tim McVeigh, in fact you
called him a "patriot."

Sorry, Neal, you haven't a leg to stand on here, you directly support
the terrorists trying to destroy our country.