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| Moonbats trash little girl's video -- on Christmas |
| 2006-12-29 |
| by blogger Mary Katherine Ham (h/t Tim Blair) I didn't post this yesterday because it was just too depressing for Christmas. But today? Let's put it out there. Yesterday--Christmas Day--this was the top "Featured Video" on YouTube. It's young Heather Martin singing "When Are You Coming Home?" a sweet little song about Heather's older brother Shaun, who is fighting in Iraq this Christmas. Heather's mother wrote the song, and Heather performed it at what looks like a church service. . . . [Go watch it. She's a cute little bug, she is.] It's a non-political song. I thought it was a pretty sweet look at one family's pain and faith and bravery in the face of war, and it left the heavy-handed political overtones for another day. . . . But a non-political, sentimental song about the Iraq War isn't enough for the moonbat commenters at YouTube. Heather Martin and her parents have a moral duty to go all Cindy Sheehan on Bushitler's War for Profit or they and their loved ones are accessories to BushCo's murderous ways. Think the commenters would go easy on her just because she's 6 and it's Christmas? Think again. [There are screenshots in the original blog posting -- there's a link to the YouTube comments here if you want to look for yourself. They're nasty, all right.] "FUCK THE US TROOPS" and "I hope her brother dies." These sentiments for a 6-year-old who misses her brother at Christmastime. And, they took the time to communicate these sentiments on Christmas Day. Meet the compassionate anti-war Left on the Internet. Lovely. I only wish I was mischaracterizing the response, but go flip through if you dare. There are positive comments, too, but the virulence and volume of the anti-Heather-and-Shaun-Martin comments is appalling. These people-- peace activists, I believe they like to be called-- are disgusting. If you disagree with the war, and you think this little girl is being used for pro-war propaganda, there are plenty of ways to say it without wishing her brother dead or telling her her brother only joined the Army because he couldn't cut it in college (that's in the mix of comments today). I think the argument that she's being exploited is a serious stretch, . . . . The song is almost entirely non-political, and all of the sentiments therein, though written by her mom, are easily ones a 6-year-old little sister could express. Of course, Heather Martin's just part of the machine, man. The blonde bangs and floral print dress are just standard-issue camo for another one of Halliburton's minions. Jerks. |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #10 This young lady makes it all worthwhile. As far as the moonbats go, let them think they can appease the lions of islam while they're getting their throats slit. At least, it will give the rest of us enough warning to defend ourselves. |
| Posted by: Xenophon 2006-12-29 22:55 |
| #9 Lions of Islam, meet the warriors of the left. You truly do deserve each other. |
| Posted by: Groger Chotle5292 2006-12-29 17:10 |
| #8 Hear, hear BrickMan. Damn, well said. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2006-12-29 16:03 |
| #7 The left has long since given up their humanity. The sooner the rest of the human race realizes this and treats them like the vermin they are, the better. Much as I might enjoy it, torturing these kinds of freaks would cost too much of my own humanity, and they're definately not worth that. In a weird sort of way, Frank Herbert was onto something when he implied that being born doesn't automatically make one a member of the human race. While we might wish otherwise, sadly the news daily proves this to be true. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2006-12-29 14:59 |
| #6 These people never express these sentiments in the open, they always hide behind the Internet. If they were to ever express these beliefs in the open, someone would hurt them. And I am all for that. The time is coming. |
| Posted by: Chuck Darwin 2006-12-29 14:17 |
| #5 They took on a six year old? And they're losing. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-12-29 14:17 |
| #4 "If you disagree with the war, and you think this little girl is being used for pro-war propaganda, there are plenty of ways to say it without wishing her brother dead or telling her her brother only joined the Army because he couldn't cut it in college..." But they don't disagree with the war; they simply hate, and Leftism and the anti-war movement merely serve to give that hatred structure. There's something deeply wrong with these people; they're profoundly defective. I used to believe their Leftist views turned them into monsters, but anymore I think the vile poison is already within them and the Leftism just "fits". Either way, they are a sickness that must be expunged. |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2006-12-29 14:05 |
| #3 Hate has a way of draining away your humanity. |
| Posted by: eLarson 2006-12-29 13:48 |
| #2 They took on a six year old? That's about their speed... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2006-12-29 13:34 |
| #1 or telling her her brother only joined the Army because he couldn't cut it in college (that's in the mix of comments today). John Kerry comments on youTube? Amazing.... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2006-12-29 13:31 |