Mickey Z

Cool Observer

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

My movement is bigger than yours

A couple of my recent articles have directly challenged the concept of unconditional support for our (sic) troops. It should come as no surprise that this sentiment is typically greeted with unrestrained hostility. The most predictable knee-jerk reaction involves the accusation that I might hurt the “movement” by alienating soldiers and their families. Some go even further and declare that returning soldiers are doing more for the “movement” than anyone else (especially obscure writers like yours truly). These critiques are flawed for many reasons, e.g.:

1. They are not only assuming the existence of a perplexed mass of fence sitters just waiting for the right moment to pick a side, they also believe these fence sitters actually care (or even read) what someone like me writes
2. They ignore the “alienation” being created when Americans voluntarily sign up for military
3. Just because someone says returning soldiers are doing more for the “movement” than anyone else doesn’t mean it’s true

Read movement article here