Grandmas, gotta love them...

[TX35]

Here''s a quote from a government employee who witnessed a recent
interaction between an elderly woman and an antiwar protester in a Metro
station in DC:

"There were protesters on the train platform handing out pamphlets on
the evils of America. I politely declined to take one.

An elderly woman was behind me getting off the escalator and a young
(20ish) female protester offered her a pamphlet, which she politely
declined. "The young protester put her hand on the old woman''s shoulder
as a gesture of friendship and in a very soft voice said, ''Lady, don''t
you care about the children of Iraq?''

"The old woman looked up at her and said '' Honey, my father died in
France during World War II, I lost my husband in Korea, and a son in
Vietnam. All three died so you could have the right to stand here and
bad mouth our country. If you touch me again, I''ll stick this umbrella
up your ass and open it.''

 

[Dave R]

You go, Gramma!

 

[BobGnKY]

hmmm... I wonder ...

http://www.snopes.com/politics/war/oldlady.asp

of particular note is the following little tidbit ....

...the author speaks of getting off his train in Rosslyn because he had to use the bathroom. Those familiar with the station at Rosslyn point out there are no public washrooms in that facility...

 

[tyme]

Apocryphal, and somewhat stale. I found a blog that quoted the story back in February.

Rule #1 of the internet: If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

 

[Esquire M Busterbury]

Just because I was raised this way, I had to look up the word: Apocryphal.

Good word. Had nothing to do with the apocolypse...

 

[Big Ruger]

If it aint true, it oughtta be

 

[Redworm]

Whether or not it's true I find it disturbing that people would support the idea that being an anti-war protestor is equivalent to bad-mouthing the country.

 

[Big Ruger]

I find it disturbing that they wouldn't.

 

[Redworm]

So one must support this war or be accused of bad mouthing the country? Is our country defined by this war? Should it be? Does every American have a duty to support any and all wars started by any administration?


Freedom fries, eh?

 

[Number 6]

Probably more drivel from the same source that

claims the non-existent Marine general told a female reporter she was equipped to be a prostitute and expects us to believe Arab protesters hired a US soldier to translate signs for them.......

 

[JuanCarlos]

Whether or not it's true I find it disturbing that people would support the idea that being an anti-war protestor is equivalent to bad-mouthing the country.

I find it disturbing that they wouldn't.

I've been to anti-war protests, and I've actually participated in this "war." The war is not the country, bad-mouthing it is not bad-mouthing America. To suggest otherwise is to suggest that America is infallible, and to that I think I need only say the words "slavery" and "internment."

As far as grandma goes, it seems (at least to me) that she's suggesting that the lives of Iraqi children are worth less than the lives of American soldiers. I can think of few things as un-American as that; if our fearless leader is to be believed, it is for those very children that our soldiers are over there toiling to plant the seeds for some new democracy...or whatever.

Either way, urban_legend++;

 

[Esquire M Busterbury]

Well put juan.

 

[Big Mac]

Eh, it's like the story of the Iraqi women who makes loud comments to a cashier about when we'll stop bombing her country. It just doesn't fit in right. Besides, I dislike the war, but I love my country. I'd be at the frontline if we were being attacked but we are the invaders. That doesn't make the people fighting in the war bad, just used by a greedy group of men who haven't sent any of their children to fight and die. Is Che Guevara's prediction of "many many Vietnams" going to come true? Maybe he was too smart for his own good.

 

[v8fbird]

What, exactly, is the problem with "badmouthing America?"




Edit: (It's OK, I'm sure I'm already on all the watch lists.)