Oh. Mah. Gawd.
Everyone’s favorite wingnut teen, Justin Higgins, has topped himself this time for sheer moral vacuity. In a post in which Justin lists his top ten reasons for teachers to become extreme rightwing whackjobs just like him, this one stand out for sheer unbe-fucking-lieveability:
#5- War! Come on folks, face it, History Class is much more interesting when we can discuss how were fighting our enemies instead of how were frivilously negotiating with people who have no intent of backing down. Vote Conservative and well actually take the Islamofascist thugs on.
Read it again. Then pick your jaw up off the floor.
Yes, folks, that’s what he said. We should be at war because it makes widdle Justin’s classes more interesting.
Gee, what do you suppose would keep Justin awake in history class?
- This is interesting: As of July 29, 2007, more than 13,800 Iraqi civilians have died in roadside bombings, and more than 28,300 have been wounded
- This is interesting: Since 2003, over 1.4 millions Iraqis have become “Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)”, essentially refugees inside their own country
- This is interesting: Between 2 million and 2.5 million Iraqis have fled the country altogether, becoming refugees in other countries. And how many have been allowed to enter the United States? A whopping 190!
- This is interesting: The rate of binge drinking in the Army increased by 30 percent from 2002 to 2005
- This is interesting: “Over 35 percent of the veterans of Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom who have sought Veterans Administration healthcare have been diagnosed with mental disorders.”
- This is interesting: “Of the nearly 24,000 wounded soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, about a third suffer from some degree of traumatic brain injury, or TBI, according to the General Accounting Office.”
- This is interesting: Pre-war estimates of the cost of the war in Iraq were in the $50 to $60 billion dollar range. A recent report from the Congressional Budget Office estimates that the total cost of the war will likely exceed $1 trillion dollars.
Yes indeedy, war is JUST GREAT! It makes sitting through the long hours of history class so much easier for bored young teens like our Justin. We should have a war EVERY YEAR, just to keep Justin and his friends from falling asleep in class!
Of all the half-assed excuses for the war in Iraq, it is hard to imagine one more callous and less rational than this one. Congratulations, Justin… you have succeeded in removing any doubt that you are an utter moral cretin.
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August 3rd, 2007 at 2:17 pm
Duncan Avatar
Anyone that advocates war as a great thing has never been there, is a psychopath who enjoys killing, or probably both.
That being said, war is far too often a necessary evil. Unfortunately there are enemies that can’t be appeased with flowery language and see it only as weakness. Fighting a war is sometimes necessary. It should never be considered or entered into lightly.
And it is fun to watch the Dhimmicratic Party falling all over themselves trying to see who can look the toughest against terror, even making statements that have enraged an ally a la Obama. I read Mr. Higgins post, and that specific statement in particular, and I can’t find any disagreement with it. When it becomes obvious that your enemy is using the negotiating table to by time to either weasel out of prior agreements, or to set up another attack, then the time for negotiating has elapsed. Instead of handwringing and lamenting on how evil we are for fighting some “poor, misunderstood people”, the time comes to stop staring at navels and start working on the unconditional surrender.
Back to your post meaty,
I didn’t read in Mr. Higgin’s post that he was specifically talking about Iraq. Sure, I’d include it in the entire War on Terror conflict we are engaged in, but you somehow take that argument, and lo and behold, do what you do best, set up a strawman argument about how bad war is (which it is) and then claim that Mr. Higgin’s statement that conservatives believe in defending this country is somehow wrong? He never mentions Iraq, nor does he say war is a great time for all. His point was that it would be more interesting if we didn’t capitulate to every third world despot or enemy that attacks and challenges us on the battlefield.
The casualties in this conflict are lower than just about any comparable conflict before. Using your rationale that war is bad, then perhaps we should not have fought the American Revolution. After all, we suffered 8000 dead in that conflict.
August 3rd, 2007 at 3:00 pm
meatbrain
”...you somehow take that argument, and lo and behold, do what you do best, set up a strawman argument about how bad war is (which it is) and then claim that Mr. Higgin’s statement that conservatives believe in defending this country is somehow wrong?”
Let us speak of straw men, Duncan. At what point in my post did I claim that “Mr. Higgin’s statement that conservatives believe in defending this country is somehow wrong”?
August 3rd, 2007 at 3:12 pm
Duncan Avatar
“Let us speak of straw men, Duncan. At what point in my post did I claim that “Mr. Higgin’s statement that conservatives believe in defending this country is somehow wrong”?”
Touche.
You are correct. You did not make that statement at all. I made that assumption (and we all know what assuming does) because you just pretty much said that it was an example of “sheer moral vacuity” and that it was an “half-assed excuse” to go to war in Iraq. That in a piece that vaunts a top-ten list for being conservative.
Perhaps it was more of an anti-war diatribe mixed in with your own version of Misha’s eviscerations of other’s blog entries, I see a similar style developing.
Oh, and thanks for pulling my comments out of the spam filter…
August 4th, 2007 at 7:23 pm
School Marm
The possessive form you seek, Duncan, is neither “Mr. Higgins” nor “Mr. Higgin’s.” It’s “Mr. Higgins’.” You’re welcome.
August 5th, 2007 at 11:25 pm
kender
Hardly…..he may attempt to become a shallow copy, but his style will never approach that of Misha.
August 6th, 2007 at 7:49 am
meatbrain
No. Unlike murder advocate Misha, I am capable of evaluating an argument on its moral dimension. This is a skill that Misha has never possessed, and never will.
I should hope not. The mindless hurling of lies and epithets is not a style that any thinking person would want to emulate.
August 6th, 2007 at 9:40 pm
kender
You could never approach the clarity and patriotism that Misha displays, and your common sense multiplied a thousand fold is not equal to a smidgen of that possessed by The Emperor.
Furthermore you are simply NOT entertaining in the least in your writing.
What is entertaining however is seeing how many times you will respond.