Why Do Freepers Like to Wear Military Paraphenalia Yet Would NEVER Fight Themselves?

[The Cleaner]

Exclusive: NewsMax.com is proud to offer the U.S. military’s Desert Camouflage Hat – the same hat worn during Operation Iraqi Freedom by our combat troops and embedded journalists.

Now you can get these rugged military-grade hats for your own pleasure.

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:shrug:

[Beaverhausen]

1. Because they are cowards?

:shrug:

[muntrv]

2. Because they're chicken hawks and, like Dick Cheney, they have other priorities.

[Deep13]

3. If I figure it out, you'll be the first to know.

Well, the second. Having figured it out, I would be the first.

[liberal N proud]

4. They are all about image

How it looks to the other "patriots" in disguise

[mitchum]

5. As ridiculous compensation for their inadequacies

[ET Awful]

6. How is it exclusive if I can buy it at any surplus store on the planet?

That's what I'd like to know. :P

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

7. I'm not a Freeper, but I wear camo clothes.

I have camo cargo shorts, pants, and some boxer-briefs.

I don't see what the big deal is. I just like them.

[tom_paine]

8. It's called: Being a (W)ussy.

It is also called being ten-pounds of shit in a five-pound sack.

Or a chickenhawk.

Whatever you call it, it is a character defect which frequently shows up in authoritarian extremists of all stripes.

[Sydnie]

9. Because a bucket hat like that holds more than a tissue?

and you can wash and fill it up again? :shrug: Sorry, cracking myself up over here. :rofl:

[DainBramaged]

10. Penis envy, guns equal big penises (so they think)

It's easier to find a hard gun than a hard freeper.


IMHO


Unless there are a few sheep around.

[nadinbrzezinski]

11. Woe I can get the same

far cheaper at a surplus store

And gosh darn it, I used to since I worked in rescue and them cute cargo BDU pants are great for that kind of work

[Kurovski]

12. Arrested development,

and cognitive dissonance.

Never say "never", some do enlist I'm sure. But in general it's the party of big attitude and big talk.

[TerdlowSmedley]

13. I dunno. It's probably the same principle at work as the theory that

driving a bright red sportscar is a sure indicator that a man has a tiny penis.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

14. Adolescents playing at being soldiers and pretending they're men.

Most kids get over it. Some never do.

[icnorth]

15. Just following the alpha chimp

monkey see monkey do.

[BR_Parkway]

16. Same reason they buy big trucks - appearance is always more important

than reality

[0rganism]

17. It's a mix of wishful thinking and self-delusion

Even though they would never willingly put themselves in harms way for the geopolitical causes they support, they love the image, and love to pretend that they would do it themselves, if only they had the time, or they weren't so sickly, or they weren't beset by other priorities... It's the essence of "supporting the troops" for the freepish.

[texastoast]

18. Because they are a bunch of pussies?

With yellow ribbons?
:shrug:

[BOSSHOG]

19. I GOT MINE THE OLD FASHIONED WAY

I earned it. There is nothing fake about my patriotism nor is there anything fake about my rational hate for chickenhawks who support this war.

[pepperbear]

20. I suppose "be the first one on your block to get your leg blown off" is too

much of a hard sell?