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KISS’s Gene Simmons Slammed for Commending the Troops – Why?
townhall.com ^ | 5/18/2019 | Tommy Behnke

Posted on 05/18/2019 7:59:08 AM PDT by rktman

When Elton John testified before Congress, the media had a field day.

When Smokey Robinson made a brief appearance, everyone cheered.

But when Gene Simmons of KISS traveled to the Pentagon on May 16 to laud the troops for their service and fight back tears to discuss how America saved his Hungarian-born mother from the concentration camps, many reporters and pundits scoffed.

Why did the media opt to cast negativity around Simmons’ appearance rather than fawn over it as they would typically do with any other Hollywood star?

Simple: if it wasn’t for the president himself, he could be considered the poster boy for everything that the left hates about the modern-day culture war.

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TOPICS: Conspiracy; Military/Veterans; Music/Entertainment; Society
KEYWORDS: kiss; music; nopraise; simmons; troops
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Thank you Mr. Simmons.
1 posted on 05/18/2019 7:59:08 AM PDT by rktman
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Cuz there’s some whacko expectation that ALL Jews be for kumbaya collectivism, disarmament and SCREW AMERICA.

And he’s not like that.

And they hate him for it.


2 posted on 05/18/2019 8:02:22 AM PDT by gaijin
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To: rktman

God Bless Gene Simmons.


3 posted on 05/18/2019 8:02:40 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: rktman

Never was a Kiss Soldier, but God Bless Gene Simmons.


4 posted on 05/18/2019 8:04:54 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: gaijin

sadly, it seems like a shrinking percentage of Jews globally care about Israel

Thankfully Gene is not one of those


5 posted on 05/18/2019 8:07:53 AM PDT by ConservativeDude
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To: gaijin

It's impossible to hate a Jew like that.

6 posted on 05/18/2019 8:08:05 AM PDT by gaijin
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Simmons is a traditional Libertarian from a time when they were not just a tool for the Rats to siphon off votes from the GOP candidate.


7 posted on 05/18/2019 8:09:23 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: rktman

And the US Marine Corp save my wife’s mother from the Japanese concentration camps in Indonesia. Thank you US Marines and all the other US Armed Forces.

Going to the 60th Armed Forces Day Parade here in Torrance Ca. today. This year they are honoring the Navy.


8 posted on 05/18/2019 8:12:47 AM PDT by US_MilitaryRules (I'm not tired of Winning yet! Please, continue on!)
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To: rktman

I love Gene but you would think his swinging and unapologetic lifestyle would endear him to the left.

I think he”s a good guy and good father though, if you ask me.

(And sometimes in moments of weakness I envy his past!)


9 posted on 05/18/2019 8:14:54 AM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR)
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10 posted on 05/18/2019 8:15:30 AM PDT by gaijin
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I love Gene but you would think his swinging and unapologetic lifestyle would endear him to the left.

You could say the same thing about Ted Nugent, but he certainly hasn't endeared himself with the Left.

11 posted on 05/18/2019 8:16:09 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Because the Left hates America.


12 posted on 05/18/2019 8:17:53 AM PDT by Kozak (DIVERSITY+PROXIMITY=CONFLICT)
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Mr. Simmons could care less about what a bunch of socialist fake news candy-ass liberals have to say. He speaks the truth, and that is far more powerful than lies, because the truth sets you free. Lies have to constantly be monitored and modified.


13 posted on 05/18/2019 8:18:13 AM PDT by coon2000 (Give me Liberty or give me death)
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To: dfwgator

And I’m envious of his past with women too! :)


14 posted on 05/18/2019 8:18:52 AM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR)
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While all the other musicians were getting stoned out of their minds, Ted would just take their women.


15 posted on 05/18/2019 8:19:24 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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16 posted on 05/18/2019 8:21:19 AM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: rktman

The opinion of today’s media on just about anything is worth a thousand times less than the value of a wood nickel.

Or a Dorkbama statement.


17 posted on 05/18/2019 8:22:41 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: dfwgator

I heard him say that :)


18 posted on 05/18/2019 8:23:39 AM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR)
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To: dfwgator

I know we have high moral standards here and that’s GOOD.

But everyone answers for their own lives at the end and asking forgiveness is always on the table.

Like asking for forgiveness for my envying his past!!


19 posted on 05/18/2019 8:25:48 AM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR)
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To: rktman

Because he is a conservative & doesn’t care what anyone thinks. My brother is a HUGE KISS fan ; )


20 posted on 05/18/2019 8:30:30 AM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!)
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