jjohnson,
I appreciate you belittling my profession (and my students...'braindead'? Hardly. They are brilliant). Remember that I work hard to educate young men and women to be good, hard working citizens, and I do it for very little pay and (as many on this board have evidenced) zero appreciation or respect. I don't know your profession, but I sure wouldn't belittle it. That's classless. Pass along your profession, though, in case I feel like taking a cheap shot.
Ha ha ha...I just 'disagree' and so dismiss? Hardly. This rant is completely moronic and you know it. It doesn't discuss anything anyone actually believes and makes the most irrelevant points: 'tell a farmer whose sons are in the military...blah blah blah...' What is the possible point of that? If my son is in the military, then I am beyond criticism and everyone should do what I say? Well, if that is a source of authority, my father was at war when I was born and came back a decorated hero. So whatever I say is right, correct? Especially if he supports what I say? (He is staunchly against the war, by the way...medalled three times for three separate acts of exceptional heroism, two tours of Vietnam, grunt and officer...not to be dismissed lightly).
I of course don't agree with using that as a source of authority. No matter what he does, he's a citizen just like you and I are; that's democracy, my friend.
'Smell the Trade Towers burning...' Shame on Charlie for using that tragedy to advocate for something unrelated. That is just shameful. He should be condemned for using the loss of thousands of innocent lives for this.
Charlie should stick to his backward friends when he wants to rant about this nonsense. I'm sure they'll be happy to hear about the good old days when women and blacks weren't uppity and knew their place and you could beat up gay people without going to jail. Chug another warmed over beer, Charlie, and slip further into irrelevance!
John