Armed Deception: How the Liberal MSM Goes About Demonizing the Military

JakeHighwell
Aug 26, 2017 · 6 min read

I never served in the military.

It is one the regrets I have from my life to this point.

I believe those who put aside their own lives to serve our country are heroes. The militaristic efforts made by these men and women many times end in the ultimate sacrifice to our nation — death.

But unfortunately my view on the men and women who serve in the military is not universally shared. In fact, some people feel the experiences gained in the military lead to a lifelong ideological hatred towards minorities.

This belief was recently shared by David Fagin, a contributor for the liberal Huffington Post. In an article titled, Becoming A Racist: The Unfortunate Side Effect Of Serving Your Country?

In an article dated from Aug. 17, Fagin lays out his case. It’s easy to see the liberal bias if you read the article. If you have not read the article in its entirety it can be found here

The article opens up with an incomplete narrative. He goes into a diatribe about the how the white nationalists’ went about blaming the protesters for the tragic death of Heather Heyer. He doesn’t use any quotes or evidence for this assumption.

“One of the more shocking things to learn about the white nationalists’ rally in Charlottesville this past week, was not that they blame the protestors for the death of Heather Heyer. As stupefying a statement as that is, you expect cowards like that to shift the blame away from themselves whenever possible. After all, the entire white power and neo-Nazi movement is based on blaming someone else for your problems.”

I think most rational persons on the New-Right can agree that there were a lot of “bad hombre’s” at the Charlottesville rally. But I think it is an incorrect assumption to think everyone who was present was a neo-Nazi or a white supremacist.

From this shaky lede, Fagin somehow finds a correlation between the Oath Keepers and other former military personnel who were at the Charlottesville rally.

In an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Vice News’ Elle Reeve mentions that security for the neo-Nazis was not provided by the Charlottesville police, as one might expect, but by veterans of the Iraq/Afghan war.

The basis of his narrative is that the security forces who were present at the Charlottesville rally were ‘radicalized’ during their tours over in Iraq and Afghanistan. He also ties in the affects of PTSD as a likely contributor to the increased hatred and antagonistic behavior towards minorities.

“…But to learn that these brave men and women over there return with a new-found hatred for those different from them, especially after their mission is one of liberation from those who kill and persecute anyone of different faiths/beliefs, is quite disturbing to say the least.”

The author does not have any proof of this. Just because someone shows up at a rally doesn’t necessarily mean they are a white supremacist or a neo-Nazi.

It’s a flawed narrative. It’s black and white thinking.

As the same could have been said about the liberal activists who showed up to protest the Alt-Right.

Do I think Heyer was a member of Antifa? No. Do I think she was there because she felt she was doing the right thing? Yes. Would it be careless to say for me to associate her with the violent leftists who were throwing bottles full of urine at journalists? No!

The article continues as the author relates to experiences he had with his uncle, a lieutenant in the NYPD who was a ‘gentleman on the surface and treated everyone with respect’ but a totally different person in private.

“…however, he would occasionally make off-handed comments when discussing politics, complete with a racial slur or two, that would catch me off-guard. As to hear someone of such intelligence and valor, someone who I respected and cared for immensely, have such a distorted view, and to speak in generalizations about an entire race of people, was sad.”

Fagin didn’t want to go as far to categorize his uncle as a ‘racist’ but he was ‘definitely prejudiced’. He goes on to attribute this ‘prejudice’ to his years on the beat with the NYPD. He finishes with this expected zinger, ‘And, of course, he was a Trump supporter.’

More black and white thinking!

The rest of the article lays out the premise that because of bad experiences on both the police force and in the military a person can develop racist tendencies. The truth is yes, there are people who have experienced traumatic experiences with other races who go on through the rest of their lives with hatred for others.

This however is not limited to those who are white.

The same can be said about black, brown, yellow, and red people. Do you think there are Native Americans who hate white people for the atrocities that took place in the 19th Century? Do you think there are black people who hate white people and Asians for incidents that took place in the 1950’s through the 2010's? How about Asians? Don’t you think there are some biases towards whites and others for their treatment during and after WWII?

Racism exists! It’s not just a white and black thing! It comes in many shades of colors. It comes in the military, it comes in professional sports, it comes in the music industry. You can make an argument about racism in just about everything.

The author needed to make more of a point that many servicemen and women return to the civilian life ill-effected by racial biases. He seems to do so only to a point.

“…But to think that even a small portion of them are returning from duty harboring feelings of such intense anger and disgust toward anyone who isn’t white, leads one to believe the military isn’t doing enough in the area of outreach, post-discharge. After all, not every soldier returns with a desire to protect and defend those with beliefs and convictions that stand in direct contrast to everything our military has fought against, and fights against as we speak. But, however small the percentage is, running security for white supremacists is quite a unique avenue regarding symptoms/display of PTSD, and these individuals obviously need help.”

Not only does the author cross-associate racist behavior to military veterans, he also does the same correlation to the police force — the two groups in charge of keeping our freedom and security. This demonization of these groups will give violent leftist groups such as Antifa the “ok” to bring about righteous violence.

He also puts the blame for the racist behavior solely on President Trump.

“…The utter failure by our so-called Commander-in-Chief to condemn these hate groups has prompted the leaders of our armed forces to do the unthinkable, to step out of rank with the president and speak out against it, themselves. And, while their action is commendable, the military needs to focus their attention on treating this new type of expression of their trauma, as, although returning from battle steadfast in the “Us vs. Them” mentality is nothing new, taking a job as security guard for neo-nazis, is.

There is only one side to this fence, and to think we’re not only welcoming home members of the armed forces whose opinions and beliefs have been shattered and damaged due to their perilous environment, but who find solace in a President willing to condone those twisted beliefs, rather than make it his mission to do everything he can to help them, makes one worry about where the next Charlottesville will be, and who, exactly, we’ll be fighting.”

The problem is there were ‘many sides’ taking part in events at Charlottesvile. There were plenty of Antifa and other violent neo-Fascist liberal groups taking part in the chaos as well. Unfortunately, liberal scribes such as Fagin are more apt to demonize the military and police before turning the spotlight on their own ideological kind.

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Freelance journalist. Political pundit. Sports nut. Free speech advocate. #MAGA #NewRight

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