NOLA blogger takes on "hippies ruining the country" woman head to head!

[KamaAina]

http://theamericanzombie.blogspot.com (scroll to entry of Sat. Nov. 25)

Ok, I had to publish this since I spent so much time retorting this woman's email response to her article, "Hippies still trying to ruin the country", published in the Lexington Herald-Leader. I discovered the article linked from HuffPO and being a native Kentuckian, I immediately got that "Oh shit...not another redneck pundit embarrasing my home" feeling which I have to admit I've had quite often in my life. Turns out the article wasn't as bad as the headline led me to believe it would be. That's no to say it wasn't bad, the woman is suggesting we launch a preemptive nuclear attack against Iran, N. Korea, and for some reason Iraq. However, the article itself wasn't without merit....

HER:

I'll ignore the 4-letter word and tell you.

The questions is the result of a book I read by a Ph.D. in history named
Sahr Conway-Lanz called Coollateral (sic) Damage. It's history and its (sic) full of
minutiae, but worth reading because of the issues he talks about: American
nuclear weapons are so terrible (kill so many people, destroy so much
infrastructure, contaminate the environment, etc.) that we hesitate to use
them EVEN THOUGH VICTORY WOULD BE DECISIVE AND ABSOLUTE. Having said this,
my quesiton (sic) is, since we cannot use nukes to fight terrorists, must we
surrender our country to ANY enemy who IS willing to use nukes against us?
In other words, at what point do we pull out all the stops and use these
meg-weapons (sic) ? Before Iran and N. Korea have nuclear warheads and missiles to
deliver them? After we are attacked by a dirty bomb? After we lose New York
or L.A.?...

ME:

Your statement, "If you do not stop your nuclear enrichment, we are coming after your nuclear reactors and/or your citizens too. Now behave yourself" is shockingly infantile. It seems you think of these countries as children who should be punished for pursuing nuclear technology...."Little Johnny, I'm going to spank your ass for making bombs in chemistry class." If that is your perception of global politics and culture, I find it wanting.

Amazing that the enemy would even deign to communicate with One Of Us. I guess it's not zombies who are trying to ruin the country, just hippies. :sarcasm:

[flobee1]

1. EVEN THOUGH VICTORY WOULD BE DECISIVE AND ABSOLUTE

Every single republican Ive talked to thinks this way
They dont get that if we launch just one nuke-EVERYONE launches nukes
They dont get that their version of victory wipes out mankind

I've tried to explain it to them, but its like talking to a wall

[neuvocat]

2. What hippies?

Aren't hippies the ones with long hair and don't wash themselves and abuse drugs? I mean, that sounds more like Ted Nugent than anyone, so he must be a hippie.

[Mythsaje]

3. Ted Nugent says hee's never used drugs...

Which would seem to indicate that he's naturally crazy.

[tkmorris]

4. Nukes in the war on terror

This concept just blows my mind. Who do these people think we even COULD nuke? Even if we had a target it would be stupid to do, but we don't even have one. There is no nation of "Terroristan". Are they seriously suggesting we nuke Iraq? We "save the people from Saddam" and then incinerate them?

I don't understand why arguments as inane as the one this woman makes get any debate at all. Laughter should be all the response that is necessary.