ViperOverLord wrote:Woodruff wrote:
Of course, you fucking coward. You couldn't even produce a quote from mviola that supported the lie you said about him. You're a worthless piece of shit.
I condemned all of MV's statements that were of a similar tone; a couple of which included the concept that American soldiers deserved to die for being in Afghanistan. I called the statements cowardly.
You stated lies about what mviola stated. As I stated above, you couldn't even produce the quote once you were called on it (many times).
ViperOverLord wrote:You came to his defense and said they were not cowardly. If you did not understand the full scope of it and then chose to cuss me out; that is on you. And even though I'm explaining this in rational terms, I'm sure you'll say its retarded or cuss me out. That is why I said good day.
Let me ask you a very serious question. Do you consider a flag-burner to be cowardly? Based on your statements about what mviola said, I suspect you do...but I don't want to speak for you. I certainly do not think they are cowardly, for several reasons.
First of all, it takes great courage to do something for which you might have very good reason to believe that you'll get the living crap beaten out of you by folks like me for doing such a thing.
Secondly, it takes great courage to state in such a public and graphic way that you are unhappy with the direction that your nation is taking.
Thirdly, it is their RIGHT to do so. I spent 23 years in the military DEFENDING THEIR RIGHT TO BURN THE FLAG. I am in no way happy or satisfied when it happens, but by God, that's one of the reasons I was there. To defend their right to do it. I will do everything in my personal power to try to stop them, but I recognize that they have the right to try.
And now I have one more question for you. Do you believe that I feel this way because I have contempt for the flag? Because I would tell you that I feel this way because I hold the flag in such HIGH ESTEEM that I recognize that the flag is not more important than the rights it is a symbol of. Wrap your brain around that one.
...I prefer a man who will burn the flag and then wrap himself in the Constitution to a man who will burn the Constitution and then wrap himself in the flag.