On the peace-niks comment, Michael, your comment is, and you will not like this, fairly typical of folk who would consider my reply to you a PC comment. They argue that by pointing out the use of the term peace-nik is a put down, is meant to signal that opposition to the invasion of Iraq has no serious basis, just frivolous, that I am taking away your free speech rights. And, of course, I'm not. I'm disagreeing with your use of the term. You can use it. It's simply demeaning and should I turn around and use some equivalent term to characterize your positions, you would yell.
As for opponents of the war being " . . . hypocrites who never raised a banner of protest when Hussein was torturing thousands, and murdering the Kurds on a genocidal level of brutality," we should look at that statement. The murder of the Kurds, depending on which time frame you are using, was under a Rep President; the murdering of the Shiites in the south was under a Rep President. Definitely doesn't make it right; but calling folk who are protesting war now, hypocrites is a bit of stretch. Perhaps you might better wish to call almost everyone hypocrites when it comes to Iraq.
As for being willing to protest torture, murder, and the like around the globe, that's been something the left has been far more likely to do than the right. |
