The chickenhawk canard is a fallacy when directed at those of the stamp that he’s talking about and unhinged when directed at milbloggers. I think that Mr. McLeary’s post was something akin to a “Michael Kinsley moment” i.e. inadvertently telling the truth or, in this case, telling what he really believes.
There’s a Japanese word for this sort of outburst; it escapes me at the moment. For the Japanese this takes the form of, in place of the normal reserve, emotionally telling the boss off or something of the sort. It’s considered a kind of temporary insanity and that’s probably what McLeary’s post was, too.
Still, it suggests what he really thinks. |
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Dave Schuler
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I have to disagree. I think we have to take his word for the reasons behind his words/actions. His chickenhawk-esque slur is wrong enough without ascribing motives that he denies. |
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ChrisB
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Kind of reminds me of someone that says, "some of my best friends are black folks" just before making some racist remark. |
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McQ
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“What I meant was the whole community of blogs that have sprung up in the same universe as milblogs… What the hey, for a liberal “in the same universe” is close enough when going after those righties. A good portion of their work product suffers from the same unfocused (lack of) diligence. |
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While I believed that comment was ridiculous this is the one that really made me snort.This childish game of name-calling, mostly led by the know-nothing Michelle Malkin’s of the world . The hypocrisy was contained within the same sentence. Usually it’s a paragraph or two later. I know, he meant nothing against Michell Malkin-why maybe he even interviewed her once. |
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tom scott
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Hmmmm.....
I wonder if the lefties will realize John Kerry isn’t running against George Bush in ’08 and that neither Hillary or Obama have military experience. In fact, it escapes me if any of the Democratic Candidates have any military combat service.
Not that the Republican candidates are overflowing with military service either but they at least have some.
I expect making the Chickenhawk argument to be considered a huge sin by Democrats soon. |
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jpm100
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I expect making the Chickenhawk argument to be considered a huge sin by Democrats soon. Just because it bears repeating. |
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kyleN
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What I meant was the whole community of blogs that have sprung up in the same universe as milblogs... It’s perfectly acceptable to him to make broad-brush character attacks on all bloggers who advocate a different policy position than his own on Iraq, but now he is willing to gernerously carve out an exception for milbloggers.
Since McQ and Dale are not technically milbloggers I guess they must still be chickenhawks in this guy’s estimation. |
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Aldo
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