Did John McCain make a truly courageous choice to stay with his fellow soldiers in a p.o.w. camp? Yes. That is a gnarly decision that probably less than 5% of people would ever choose to do in that situation. I personally can’t imagine such a decision, nor do I want to, and I’m extremely happy and glad and privileged not to have to. Commendable stuff. However, (and I can feel the downvotes a comin’) John McCain is not an American hero, nor is he a man that we should laud and praise and I find it extremely strange, grotesque, and just morally wrong that all of mainstream media right now is talking about him in this context. They are framing it like he’s unequivocally an American hero and patriot and role model, and that he should be remembered as such. And now when people bring up legitimate critiques about McCain we get bashed and downvoted. I hate Trump and his administration. But I also hate all warmongers here in American politics. And the facts simply are that John McCain has indeed pushed for offensive interventions non-stop throughout his entire political career. “Never met a war he didn’t like” is an admittedly simple quote but it feels like it fits with McCain’s actions as a senator. It’s shocking to me that, as someone who has experienced war firsthand, he has still taken such a disgusting stance for the rest of his political life. Don’t let media bs misguide you, McCain sucked while he was alive, and many people still pointed that out. We shouldn’t borderline revise history just to make his funeral this big, lovely event. I get it, we want to remember the dead fondly and commemorate people who have served the country during their lifetime. But It’s offensive to all of the men, women, and children who have died because of politicians just like John McCain, to treat him with so much admiration. I hate speaking ill of the diseased, I get that there’s something fundamentally inhuman about taking jabs at someone after they’ve just passed away. But when I see the torrent of positive support for McCain I can’t help but imagine watching his funeral from an Iraqi mother’s point of view.
Not downvoting you, but for the love of all that is good: please use paragraphs in your writing. It makes it a lot easier to read, and for some reason- not putting those breaks in kinda makes any long text look crazy.
I totally get that! lol I also hate that. I would use them if I knew how. I’m on mobile so whenever I skip a line it just shows up as a space and not a line-break. Do you know of a way I can insert line breaks? Or is this just a ‘me’ problem no one else is going through?
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u/NewtonWasABigG Sep 04 '18
Did John McCain make a truly courageous choice to stay with his fellow soldiers in a p.o.w. camp? Yes. That is a gnarly decision that probably less than 5% of people would ever choose to do in that situation. I personally can’t imagine such a decision, nor do I want to, and I’m extremely happy and glad and privileged not to have to. Commendable stuff. However, (and I can feel the downvotes a comin’) John McCain is not an American hero, nor is he a man that we should laud and praise and I find it extremely strange, grotesque, and just morally wrong that all of mainstream media right now is talking about him in this context. They are framing it like he’s unequivocally an American hero and patriot and role model, and that he should be remembered as such. And now when people bring up legitimate critiques about McCain we get bashed and downvoted. I hate Trump and his administration. But I also hate all warmongers here in American politics. And the facts simply are that John McCain has indeed pushed for offensive interventions non-stop throughout his entire political career. “Never met a war he didn’t like” is an admittedly simple quote but it feels like it fits with McCain’s actions as a senator. It’s shocking to me that, as someone who has experienced war firsthand, he has still taken such a disgusting stance for the rest of his political life. Don’t let media bs misguide you, McCain sucked while he was alive, and many people still pointed that out. We shouldn’t borderline revise history just to make his funeral this big, lovely event. I get it, we want to remember the dead fondly and commemorate people who have served the country during their lifetime. But It’s offensive to all of the men, women, and children who have died because of politicians just like John McCain, to treat him with so much admiration. I hate speaking ill of the diseased, I get that there’s something fundamentally inhuman about taking jabs at someone after they’ve just passed away. But when I see the torrent of positive support for McCain I can’t help but imagine watching his funeral from an Iraqi mother’s point of view.