I saw this little composition (below image) on Facebook today and at first, I thought it an honoring of someone who valiantly saved lives during his tour in Viet Nam. Upon a second look, however, it emerged as the same ole, same ole hate propaganda that Republicans use to spread their political animosity.
We sure live in a pathetic world where Too Many can't see beyond their prejudice, especially when there are those (Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, Tea Party politicians and Nasty Rightwing Forwards) that stoke the flames to ensure their message of hate stays FRONT AND CENTER. thinkingblue
PS: Below is my comment on this banality.
How sad, a person decides to write a story (that could be a worthwhile read but turns contemptible) commemorating a human being who was thrust into an outrageous war, perpetrated by the powers that be. Making sure he (the writer) hits upon the great suffering of a “war hero”, who disregarded his own safety, to save his fellow comrades and then the writer (No doubt a Republican who glorifies war and nationalism while marginalizing a people who do not deserve his disdain) decides to turn his tale into political bigotry. Did I say SAD, no beyond sad, it’s outright spiteful and vicious! The sadness comes in when this story is shared by those who wish to spread their racism in order to create more hate towards those they believe worthless…
A thinkingblue
Read the excerpt from this site: http://chainsmashers.mixxt.com/...
Shame on you (whoever wrote the forwarded story) for using Ed Freeman's story in order to manipulate people into passing on a dishonest, useless anti-American media chain. I hate a great deal of what the media spews out too, but I'm certainly not gullible enough to believe in far-right chain letters too, especially when they're full of errors that could be simply mistakes and are more likely deliberate lies.
Chain forwards play on the emotions of conservatives, patriots and Christians in particular, and the whining about the media at the end of the forward has nothing to do with Ed Freeman at all, but is just there as an extra manipulation to get people thinking Ed Freeman hasn't been honored nearly enough and that the way to honor him is to pass on chain letters. Bull!
More here: http://www.thisistrue.com/...
EXCERPT FROM SNOPES: At that time, the original version of the e-mail quoted above began circulating, a version that lamented the media attention given to "some Hip-Hop coward beating the crap out of his 'girlfriend'" (a reference to rapper Chris Brown's having been arrested in February 2009 on charges of battery against his girlfriend, Rihanna) while Ed Freeman's death received much less coverage. (These events were not simultaneous, as Ed Freeman had passed away in August 2008, several months before Chris Brown's arrest.)
In July 2009, shortly after the death of singer Michael Jackson, the piece was altered to reference him rather than Chris Brown, and to change the date of Ed Freeman's death to 25 June 2009 in order to create the mistaken impression that Freeman had passed away on the same day as Jackson and that his death was therefore ignored by
the media in the crush of Michael Jackson coverage. (As noted in the previous paragraph, Ed Freeman actually passed away in August 2008, nearly a year before the death of Michael Jackson.)
By March 2012, this item bore the tag line: "I bet you didn't hear about this hero's passing, but we've sure heard a whole bunch about Whitney Houston, Lindsay Lohan, Dr. Murray, that sicko Sandusky, and a 72-day sham marriage." (These were references to the death of singer Whitney Houston in February 2012, actress' Lindsay Lohan's ongoing legal problems throughout 2008-2012, the November 2011 conviction of Dr. Conrad Murray for involuntary manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson, the 2011 sex scandal involving former Pennsylvania State University football assistant coach Jerry Sandusky, and the ending of the marriage of reality TV star Kim Kardashian and basketball player Kris Humphries after just 72 days in October 2011.)
By 2015, this item was altered again to include the tag line: "I bet you didn't hear about this hero's passing, but we've sure seen a whole bunch about the thugs Michael Brown and Trayvon Martin." (These were references to the controversial fatal shootings, in separate incidents, of two unarmed black teenagers.)
Read more at http://www.snopes.com/
UPDATE: We've all been hurt by these forwards. Comment:
Link for PPS propaganda:
http://www.slideshare.net/...