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Originally posted by Mr. Mojo
Which medals did he throw over the Capitol Fence when he was protesting the war? I know he threw someone else's medals and kept his own (which he framed years later for the wall in his Senate office.) But I'd still like to know which were worthless to him when he came back.
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Nice Troll Mojo.
Let me preface my response by saying that I have never served in the military.
I think that when someone is morally opposed to something they have the right to state this and in fact take action as long as that action does not violate the law. In my opinion, Kerry and others protested, spoke out, wrote letters and yes threw medals in order to bring attention to what they perceived to be the evils of the Vietnam War. What these protestors were trying to say is that the lives of our young men and they lives of the Vietnamese and the inegrity of the United States is more important than any individual or individual accomplishment or honor(i.e. medals). It is not unpatriotic or wrong to publicly oppose something you disagree with. If our forefathers did not protest the abuses of Britain, our country would not exsist. Is is wrong to protest against abortion?
The attempt to paint Kerry or anyone who opposes war or the government as unpatriotic is fallacious and indeed comes much closer to being unpatriotic than what Kerry, his compatriots and protestors of today have done.