stacman said:
All you guys are pretty funny. Either never having served in the military, and/or a combat situation.

The liberals hanging out here were likely appalled at the LtCol suggesting the Taliban should take care of him for us

I would hazard a guess that even some extremely conservative folks would differ with you, stacman. They may prefer that the UCMJ handle this rather than some behead-crazy psysco-Islamist lunatics, believing that Americans should be held to the American rules and standards of justice rather than kowtowing to the demands of insane sharia.

The liberals hanging out here were likely appalled at the LtCol suggesting the Taliban should take care of him for us, and save us the legal fees to slap his hands. As far as I’m concerned, he has earned whatever fate he has coming.

chapoutier said:
If you don’t know who lgm is in real life, or at least how to find out who he is, you are not paying attention.

Can’t peak for whom you’re addressing there; but as for me, it’s not that I don’t pay attention – I just don’t care, Chappy!

However, I must note the terms “real life” and “lgm” in the same sentence seem somewhat contradictory.

You will always be Rags to me

Awww… (Cyber-hug)

And I was supposed to know this by osmosis?

My apologies. Maybe I assumed you have been around here longer than you have.

Use the response page on the web site. Don’t worry, I won’t dragoon you into the movement.

Hah. That’s alright. I don’t really care about your real name. You will always be Rags to me

But to accuse him of hiding behind anonymity is wrong. He used to link his handle to his personal webpage.

And I was supposed to know this by osmosis? One thing that TENDS to be true about the internet generally is that people are uncommonly nasty because they are anonymous. I would have no way of knowing there was a specific exception in lgm.

Use the response page on the web site. Don’t worry, I won’t dragoon you into the movement.

Yep. That would be me. Not paying attention. I know this will make very little sense to you, but I never thought to try to discover lgm’s identity.

It makes perfect sense to me. But to accuse him of hiding behind anonymity is wrong. He used to link his handle to his personal webpage. Until, I suspect, he started getting harassed by people here. But to this day, folks will still link to it when they want to take cheap shots at him. Few posters have been more open with their real identity.

Nope, not true. This kind of thing can’t be done anonymously. My name is clearly tied to the movement.

Where?

If you don’t know who lgm is in real life, or at least how to find out who he is, you are not paying attention.

Yep. That would be me. Not paying attention. I know this will make very little sense to you, but I never thought to try to discover lgm’s identity.

I’m funny that way.

Meanwhile, I notice your new website, starvethebeast.net, does not list your name or any personal identifying information anywhere. Which is fine. Probably concerned about potential negative consequences personally and professionally from your radical stance.

Nope, not true. This kind of thing can’t be done anonymously. My name is clearly tied to the movement. Whatever consequences ensue, I crossed that Rubicon some time ago.

One reason you won’t find my name published on the site is because it isn’t about me.

On July 20th, 2009 at 8:53 pm, lgm said:

Wow, just wow! Aren’t you disgusted and ashamed, ashamed of the Republican conservative smear machine? Watch it go to work on an American soldier captured by the enemy. Suddenly not only is it his fault, but he’s a deserter and should be shot.

lgm,

I think that this post probably is the best example I can find of a bigotted comment.

Were there people on this thread advocating what you claim? In a way, yes. However, the majority of us have written or implied no such thing. If you read my posts on this thread, you certainly will see none of that.

Taking one bad example and blindly applying it to an entire group of people is bigotry, which you just did.

One black is lazy and another steals, so all blacks are just lazy no good thieves. One Jewish merchant overcharges, so all Jews are greedy.

lgm, rest assured I will respond to you directly based on your words and yours alone, regardless of whether I agree or disagree with you. Just because some Kos Kid or another poster on this thread writes something stupid, I will not apply their comments to you. I expect the same courtesy and respect from you.

I have no time for bigots; black, white, left, right, etc. There is no place for them in this country.

You see the word “IF”??? Do you know what it means???