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Defiant, you had me nodding right up until the unwarranted attack on Oath Keepers. I love how just because they don't embrace YOUR mission they deserve to be publicly dissed in your eyes.
They can't be everything to everyone, and their function is not to provide "The Only Ones" files. Others want to destroy them because they aren't making anti-war activism their centerpiece. And still others because they won't embrace anti-Semitism...
If I sound like I'm taking this personally, let me just say that there's a reason i did not post over the weekend. Friday night, after getting picked up from the airport, OK founder Stewart Rhodes, Cdr Gillie and the two Ohio chapter leaders came to my house for dinner. I put Stewart and David up for the weekend in my guest room as they were here for the Great Lakes conference. After traveling all day they were up until late prepping for the next day's conference--we left my house at 9:00 am and were there by 11:00 am, and after a full day's presentations did not leave until around 10:00 pm, getting home before midnight. And then the next day there was a power outage at Cleveland airport necessitating a scramble to reschedule and then their having to go to Pittsburgh to get flights out and not getting home until late that night. So here was an entire weekend with almost solid work and travel for the cause--I hope you don't think anyone was getting an hourly wage or anything. And they'll do it again today and tomorrow and the day after--putting their own names and reputations on the line and taking both personal and professional risks you know nothing about.
Stewart's discipline and ability to stay on mission is producing great things, as you'd know had you attended the event and seen how the movement is growing, how good people are coming to the fore, how alliances are being forged. And CDR Gillie is truly someone of remarkable intelligence, dedication and accomplishment. I considered myself privileged and honored to be in the presence of these great patriots.
You should be so lucky. And you should be grateful for their sacrifices, instead of sniping at them anonymously and thinking you have enough information to call the plays from the sidelines.
How many hours did you put in this weekend for the Republic? How many people did you inspire?
Whether you're willing to admit it or not, you owe them an apology.
Jan 12, 2010, 3:04:08 PM
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