I don’t know what to say.

in the early evening on Saturday, the 23rd of April 2005 by Chad

Thomas Naughton at least tells the truth about what he feels.

Guilt can only weigh on a person’s mind for so long before they crave the act of purgation; to get the weighty feelings of shame and responsibility out of the mind - or at least the guilty parties attempt to find some kind of peace if they cannot rid themselves of a screaming conscience that implicates and indicts its possessor.

OK, thats fine and all. You’re feeling guilty about your life. Fine enough…

That said, perhaps some readers will understand why my friends and I rip yellow ribbon “support the troops” magnets off of cars or wherever people have affixed them. By ripping off these ribbons, we find a way to deal with our guilt, as though with each ribbon swiped we take back a life that was taken by this senseless war started by our senseless president and those who support him.
I will never say, “support the troops.” I don’t believe in the validity of that statement. People say, “I don’t support the war, I support the troops” as though you can actually separate the two. You cannot; the troops are a part of the war, they have become the war and there is no valid dissection of the two. Other people shout with glaring eyes that we should give up our politics, give up our political affiliations in favor of “just supporting the troops.” I wish everything were that easy.

So, you admit that you and your friends are both criminals and traitors.

What they really mean is that we should just give up our will, give up our identities, give up our voices to those in power. Perhaps that’s just the way people aligned with the right wing choose to get rid of their guilt: blindness and ignorance.

Ahh, here we go. The right wingers are stupid. What this guy doesn’t understand is that not everyone feels guilty like he does. He is incapable of comprehending how other people feel. Most right wingers do not feel guilty about being born white, or American, or whatever else. He attributes that to being brain dead.
That’s right, once again, the best a leftie can come up with is to say, “If the right wingers were smarter, they’d be left wingers.”
Sorry, that doesn’t fly. Thomas Naughton, I am smarter than you are. I also chose to serve my country in the military. I have been to war and seen it. Thomas Naughton, I do not respect you, nor your position. You are a fool, and you go on and on about feeling guilty. You seriously need medication.
The Rottweiler , the Medic, and Christopher also have thoughts on this guy… But the best is from MarineCorpsMom.