Defending the AEC from the Moonbats
Saturday, September 12, 2009 at 7:25PM Links to the photos and videos .
Wow, what and experience! First I must thank the angelic LindaSoG for tipping me off to this. I would have been very unhappy to have found out after the fact and missed it. It was a small thing for me to spend an afternoon shoulder to shoulder with veterans and their families to face down a bunch of America and military-hating Leftists, but I finally got to do something real to show my support.
There were about 50 good guys and gals. The ones that came on two wheels slipped in the back door. The moonbat plan had been to get a few people in so that when the main march of about 80 got there they would already have people inside to cause trouble. They were quite surprised to see the place closed off and they couldn't get in, not to mention the place was stuffed with a very tough-looking crowd of biker-types. They milled around outside and waited for the main event.
The big march of 80 or so showed up just after the memorial service ended. They stayed outside and chanted for a while, but they could see there was no way they were getting in, even though many on the inside asked the police to let them. THAT would have gotten ugly. The police gave them time to make their point then told them to leave. About five or six were arrested and the rest backed off.
I will give you the protester's position. Aside from a general hatred for military recruitment, this place is in a mall and has scores of seats for playing military video games and three full-size simulators where children can go in and shoot up bad guys. It reduces the enemy from a human being to a cluster of pixels that can be gunned down without sympathy. They are the same people that object to war toys. They don't like that such methods are being used to entice mushy young minds into military service and condition them to enjoy fake killing.
I must grant them one thing: that all violent games, toys, toy-selling cartoons, etc. do not depict fighting and war accurately. It's bloodless and you and your friends or your heroes always come home. In reality, people are maimed, people die. Your friends do not always come back. You may not come back The people old enough to sign up know this. They are not children. Even children know the difference between killing on a computer screen and in real life. If they don't, it's not the Army's fault.
So because they hate this place so much, they have twice before staged protests against it. They have every right to peaceably do so.
But not today, during a 9/11 memorial. Anyone that would do such a thing is dog shit.
So I went and stood with dozens of tough old guys who had been in Viet Nam, Korea, Iraq, Afghanistan, and all over the world risking their lives and loosing friends to prevent the dog shit from making it into that center. These were men that had been there. I was not worthy to hold their tattered denim vests. But for a moment I was one of them. I needed to be there, I who had never served as they have, to let them know I'm on their side, now and forever. They shook my hand and welcomed me among them.
I feel good. I didn't know it would make me feel so good. Thanks, LindaSog, and all our veterans.
Annoyed White Male
Something I forgot to mention in the main post. As I approached the mall where this happened, I crossed an intersection that had about 30 of the antis holding signs and waving at passing cars. That was when it hit me like a punch in the gut- this is for real. In a while I'll be facing off with these people. I was going into a situation with no idea what to expect. Before I left I joked to Mrs. Annoyed to be ready with bail money. I was armed and the Philly police are notoriously unkind to people that carry legally. After parking and seeing the path to the mall was clear, I decided to leave the weapon in the trunk. I had a five foot flagpole (Gadsden flag) and 270 lbs. to put behind it, I figured that would be enough.
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Reader Comments (12)
Wow. Just wow. I am so glad you got to go, the pictures were excellent! it's almost as good as being there myself.
I got to stand up to the code pinkos once myself too, in front of a military recruiting center back in 2004, a few days before the election. Gael Murphy showed up that day. I know how good it feels when it's over, standing up for our troops and our country, there's nothing like it.
I'm grinning ear to ear. G-d bless you and the Guard, for being there!
That my friend is fantastic and thank you for sharing...like Linda said, God bless you for being there.
Great stuff! Thanks for what you did - and thanks for sharing with the rest of us!
If I wore a hat, it would be off to you, mate. These are the kind of stories we need.
Glad to see we are beginning to fight back. It feels good.
What city was that in? I would like to have been there. I cannot tell you how much I despise these vermin. God Bless You.
Thank you for standing up, you have made all real Americans proud of your actions. God Bless you and yours.
This was in Philadelphia, Jack. I didn't post this story to draw thanks, friends. "When you do good, let not your left hand know what your right hand does". I have my reward in the satisfaction of the doing, but I wanted you to know what happened so you could see our side is strong and fighting back successfully.
"I wanted you to know what happened so you could see our side is strong and fighting back successfully."
You're on our side buddy, and one of those fighting.
Because of you and what you did today, the battle was won. For that, you get my thanks. You more than earned it.
Well done AWM. And it's nice to see more of our side saying enough is enough.
Late to the post, but you kick ass.
Like you didn't already know that.
Aw shucks. You folks is embarassin' me. But you're also encouraging me to look for more opportunities to do similar things. I'll set the sensors to "moonbat" and phasers to "annoy" if I see more such chances.
Sensors to "moonbat" and phasers to "annoy"- I like that.