pro-war lady offended by anti-war people in July 4th parade

[MundoQueGanar]

This ran in the Greensboro, NC News and Record today. Boo-hoo.

http://www.news-record.com/news/opinions/letters/letters_071404.htm


Inappropriate ending for July Fourth parade

I was very much dismayed and disappointed at the July Fun Fourth Parade to witness at the end such a display of anti-American sentiment. The parade had a wonderful beginning and I was moved by the veterans that came through and the patriotic bands, flag bearers, and celebration of our freedoms. However, when the "Not in our Name" group came through protesting and mocking our military, I was so disappointed. This was a parade in honor of our "independence" which was gotten only through much sacrifice and yes, even war.

This is a great nation and we cannot just sit idly by and let terrorists try and do away with the very freedoms that our veterans fought so hard for us to get and keep.

It was a shame for the city of Greensboro to let such an entry into the parade in the first place when its very focus is contradictory to what the parade was supposed to stand for. I realize they have freedom of speech and I do also. So I say to them: "You should be ashamed of choosing the Independence Day celebration as a venue for protesting the very thing that secures your freedoms today. Freedom is never free; it costs those veterans a lot and some of them their very lives, and we should be honoring them instead of disgracing them."

Melody Gwyn

Franklinville

[WLKjr]

1. Dear Melody:

Those veterans did not just fight for you only, they also fought for those demonstrators in the parade to be able to do what they did. Mam, I do not believe you really "get it" when you talk about freedom and freedom of speech in general in the United States. You should take a stance of "Although I do not agree with what you have to say, I will fight till the death for your right to say it.". I believe the veterans would agree with me on that one.

[ibegurpard]

2. Dear Melody:

Aren't you glad to live in a country where you don't have to worry about liberals knocking down your door and dragging you off to a gulag or, at the very least, getting you fired from your job because you wrote a letter to the editor that some people would find offensive and disagree with? Aren't you glad that EVERYONE has that right?

Stupid freeper cow.

[FlemingsGhost]

3. No one's "disgracing" the troops, dearie ...

We are mocking patridiots such as yourself.

The parade marks a revolution, a fight for independence from tyranny that gave us the right to voice our opposition to our government and leaders, amongst others.

I believe Veterans Day is the holiday you are yearning for. They have parades for them, too.

[bvar22]

4. Hey!

If the great patriot (he was NOT AWOL) bush* hadn't invaded Iraq, Saddam would be here right now taking away your freedoms!

Thank god and jerry falwell that bush* defended us from Iraq!

[are_we_united_yet]

5. Dear Melody

If you are reading this you are not as much of an idiot as I thought. But you're still pretty God##mned clueless.

The End.