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To: johniegrad

When we cheapen heroism down to a ‘positive reaction,’ we fall into the trap of medals for everyone. I realize I am swimming against the ‘participation trophy’ mindset.


16 posted on 05/29/2016 5:56:10 PM PDT by sparklite2 ( "The white man is the Jew of Liberal Fascism." -Jonah Goldberg)
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To: sparklite2

This was a good thing. Heroic? That is asinine. You are correct. We should praise them, but characterizing it as heroic is just stupid.


20 posted on 05/29/2016 6:20:22 PM PDT by rlmorel ("Irrational violence against muslims" is a myth, but "Irrational violence against non-muslims" isn't)
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