Hello all,
I've been a long-time reader of Daily Kos, but until now, never a diarist. I just didn't think I had anything to contribute that the fine people on this site hadn't already expressed far more eloquently than I ever could have. However, about two weeks ago, I had a run-in with a truly despicable individual over the issue of American combat deaths in Iraq. If you're not all suffering from outrage fatigue already, I thought it might be worth writing about.
This exchange occurred on a right-wing Christian blog called the Evangelical Outpost, in the comment thread for a post in which the site's author complained about the "contempt" liberals have for the members of the US military - just to give you an idea of the intellectual caliber we're talking about here. The major issue under debate was the needless deaths of American soldiers due to this administration's refusal to supply them with adequate armor; here's the thread. (The comment thread's a bit long, but search for "Ebonmuse" - me - and "ucfengr" - him - to see the posts.)
When I brought up that point, here was his response, unedited:
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