Hero or Moonbat?

[Hittman]

Moonbat

[docsnavely]

she left to go care for her 74 yr old mom who had a stroke....Psycho leaves for something better (http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/08/18/D8C2HG5G0.html)

i wonder how many of the news affiliates try to follow her.....

and for some reason, it surprised me that she left... i dunno why, it just does.....

[Zecryphon]

Hmm, interesting poll.

Would anyone who thinks she is a hero care to explain how her actions are heroic? She's camped out by Bush's ranch, saying she isn't going anywhere until she gets what she wants. Sounds like a stalker to me.

YBIC,

Zecryphon

[Hittman]

I asked the same question in a different thread. I never got an answer.

A hero is someone who takes risks, especially someone who moves themselves from a position of safety to a position of great risk to help others or promote a cause.

Someone speaking out against the government in China or Cuba is being heroic. But in the US? It’s not only allowed, it’s encouraged. She’s not even taking any minor ristks – like losing a job. Instead, she’s garnering fame and, most likely fortune, for herself and her cause. There is nothing the least bit heroic about that, unless we’re doing to redefine the term heroism.

[jeffoest]

I sort of agree with Hittman but I don't think she's really neither. To me the only truly interesting thing about the phenomena is the resonance that this lady ended up getting in the US - it does seem like a visible watershed in the public's patience for this war.

At least that's what I took from it.

Yea - she's no hero. And she's no Moonbat. She has a right to peacefully protest. But I find that I don't care that much either way about her. The effect is more interesting and I think the larger picture.

[podcastshuffle]

To me the only truly interesting thing about the phenomena is the resonance that this lady ended up getting in the US - it does seem like a visible watershed in the public's patience for this war.

I think the media were just looking for a story to run over and over again. The major news outlets don't really inform anymore as they do try to entertain (or scare like the local news does every night). I watch Fox and CNN all the time and they are more like cop dramas than news organizations. I might as well be watching Law and Order reruns.

Jeff

[Hittman]

Law and order reruns contain less fiction than some "news" shows.

[Hittman]

Anyone catch her latest act on the News? She continued her protest at the White House, and when she was hauled away she was wearing the kind of grin you usually only see on Special Olympic athletes. You could almost hear her thinking out loud: Oh Boy, I get another 15 minutes!