First John Kerry now asshole Steven King says military full of illiterate folks
REMEMBER: Kerry Belittles U.S. Troops
Fucking asshole Steven King insults soldiers - Yup his message board is closed
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I don’t want to sound like an ad–a public service ad on TV–but the fact is that if you can read you can walk into a job later on. If you don’t then you got the Army, Iraq, I don’t know, something like that. It’s not as bright. So that’s my little commercial for that.
King thinks the troops stationed in Iraq are illiterate, uneducated people who couldn’t get jobs in the U.S. Nice. Real nice.
In 2005 a Pentagon official addressed the myth of the stupid soldier [via Gateway Pundit]:
“They are so clearly a cut above America,” Bill Carr, acting deputy undersecretary of defense for military personnel policy, said of today’s recruits.
Carr bristles when he hears unfounded charges that the men and women entering the military are less educated, less affluent or less likely than other 18- to 24-year-olds to have alternatives to military service. Rather, a combination of volunteerism and commitment to service is prompting young people to enlist, Carr said, noting that a measure of shrewdness plays into their decision. “They are planning their future and considering what part we can play in it,” he said.
Carr likes to think of himself as a “myth buster,” helping break stereotypes he said are flat-out wrong and cheat servicemembers out of the pride they’ve earned and deserve.
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From Newsbusters: Horror Author Tells Fans to Email NB, Shuts Down Discussion of Anti-military Remarks
The saga of horror novelist Stephen King’s disgraceful comments about America’s military took an interesting turn Monday when shortly after instructing visitors to his website to send me a message stating “Hi, Noel—Stephen King says to shut up and I agree,” his own message boards were shut down.
This followed the creation of a number of threads by members that wanted to comment about King’s remarks.
The cover-story for shutting down the boards came from the Moderator in a thread entitled “Stephen King Insults Soldiers“:
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May 7th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
Yesterday, I attended my nieces Security Forces graduation at Lackland AFB. The “team” graduating was about 50 strong, with several prior service Non-commissioned Officers graduating. As I sat there watching another generation of young Air Force Defenders take the SECURITY FORCES OATH, and receive their badges and berets, I didn’t see any “illiterates” in the crowd. Those 50 brand new DEFENDERS OF THE FORCE are some of the brightest and best this country has to offer and I thank GOD everyday for the young men and women who continue to voluntarily swear to defend this great nation.
king is a fucking idiot and I hope his moronic comments cause him to fade into oblivion. assholes like him need to visit one of the many military training centers spread across the country before opening their fucking pie-holes. And by the way king, it takes REAL COURAGE to join the US Military anytime, but during a time of war it takes brass balls. Something pathetic assclowns like you wouldn’t understand. Fucking douchebag.
May 8th, 2008 at 5:46 am
Ok, I’ll pile on. I like kicking an asshole when he’s down, and Stephen King qualifies. Never bought one of his books, and never will now. He has absolutely no idea what he is talking about. The highly-advanced equipment used by the U.S. military these days is simply not made for illiterates. Tasks military members are assigned to do are very complex and the “mission order”, where the leader gives the mission and his intent and then leaves it to his subordinates to figure out the best way to do it requires a helluva lot of mental agility, which most illiterates in the U.S. wouldn’t possess. And then there’s small matter of the ASVAB, which is kinda hard to pass if you can’t read.
And, if you want to talk about doing stupid things, most members of the U.S. military would probably know that it’s smarter to walk facing traffic than with one’s back to it. Stephen King might know that now, but he obviously didn’t nine years ago.