Pro-War Rally at Lafayette Crosses Pts 2: A Stolen Name

On March 8th Move America Forward held a pro war rally at the Lafayette Crosses Hillside Memorial that was built and is maintained by anti-war activists. At the rally a Goldstar father found his son's name on a cross. Understandably, he became very offended that his son's name was being used for a memorial with goals that ran counter to his own politics. However he dealt with the situation in an agrressive and bullyish way using the situation to attack the anti-war movement and the memorial organizer. Memorial volunteers and Goldstar Mothers for Peace had put the names of fallen Californian soldiers on various crosses on the hillside. Among the volunteers the use of names was debated and the majority wanted them taken down. The anger of the pro-war Goldstar father brings into perspective the problem with having names on the crosses. The names and his anger at anti-war activists shifts the memorial to specific people and away from the policy of war in general. The altercation between the Goldstar father and anti-war activists also reveals the problem with the pro-war rally itself, it attacked peace-activists as people and did not address their goals for government and foriegn policy.

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[torrentANONYMOUScodc]

youre right.

i still think this guy is preoccupied with a small fish while the shark readies itself to eat him from behind. after all its the centralized, illegal "government" of the US that destroys the lives of these young men and women then exploits their memories.

[riclos08]

Anyu7378: Sad but true, sad but true. Thanks for being awake and alert. You are a credit.

[21lax]

@Anus2Mouth i know its been two years since you posted this but i just wanted to see if you would rethink any of your statements because obama sure did a great job of pulling out the troops didnt he?

[ThaRealHipHop2008]

lol.....im Canadian, and I get the feeling that I know more about your country than you guys...lol....It is my personal opinion that anybody who supports your invasions are either mal informed or plain ignorant.....You Americans have destroyed so many lives...i mean..children are getting blown up for your greedy behaviors....but finally, your time has come...lol, I cant wait to see you guys in about 5 years....you guys are gonna get it bad.. you deserve every piece of it....murderers..

[ThaRealHipHop2008]

@Thephyguy Nice,,,you got that right!

[Thephyguy]

its amazing how people that don't mind killing people all over the place anywhere are so terribly offended when one of their murderers is murdered

[lemurdue]

Why do this tard throw out the line that his son is the reason they're up there. The US military has never defended American rights. On the other hand, the military has been pretty good about depriving people of their rights, including Americans.

[JRandRrecords]

@Anus2Mouth

Can you be SO ignorant to think that the war is about oil? Every single troop that died volunteered to go fight, and were willing to die for their country. Every soldier has the choice to come home. They were not drafted.

[strapt313]

the first casualty in war is the truth. after jessica lynch, pat tillman, wmd's, yellow cakes and the rest, i have a very hard time believing anything that comes out of the top ranks of the military.

and no, it's not simply because of profit alone, the real leaders of the world want depopulation as well as chaos in the region. without chaos, the middle east might actually gain political and economic power which is simply another speed bump for them. the profit is just a bonus.

[strapt313]

"our new leaders have the right to change up their documents to suit our needs."

that doesn't give them the right to take away or personal freedoms. no where in the constitution does it say that congress has the right to deprive us of our god given rights. which is exactly what they've done with shit like the patriot act, fisa, rex84 and on and on. remember 'we the people' grant our government rights, not the other way around.

[reflector1000]

I dont get my info from the TV I get my info from studying my enemy's history and taktics, if you did the same you would have known that the "Boogey men" meet in our country and plan their attacks. Your the one who says do critical research, but it seems that you didn't do your research on your founding fathers, they were the ones who said that if what they wrote down is insufficient to the country in the future our new leaders have the right to change up their documents to suit our needs.