When I first heard Hyman spewing this story, I knew there had to be more to it. Basically, Hyman said San Francisco hates veterans because it didn't fight to get the Iowa berthed there and that the city council gave more money for a parade to gay groups and others than to the verterans groups. explains what's going with those two so crackback and read it via the following link. The Counterpoint's post ends with the following observation:
The Counterpoint: "He also ignores the fact that thousands of vets have organized and identified themselves as both veterans and anti-war (if not explicitly liberal), including Veterans for Peace, Iraq Veterans Against the War, and Vietnam Veterans Against the War.
And of course, Hyman doesn’t admit that he doesn’t like veterans either, at least if they are running for president against a candidate whose politics he likes. He’s more than happy to dishonor their service and lie about them in that case.
Hyman also doesn’t like members of the military who’ve died in combat in Iraq, at least when he believes that there’s a choice between honoring their service and supporting a favorite politician. He’ll happily blackout any recognition of the fallen if he thinks it politically unwise.
He also doesn’t like veterans who died in the line of duty if their mother does something to embarrass Hyman’s political heroes. He’s happy to personally attack a veteran’s mom to score political points.
And obviously, Hyman literally doesn’t have a minute to spare to honor a fallen soldier who marched and fought in a different kind of war—the war for equality, harmony, and justice.
And that’s The Counterpoint."
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