The problem with all this? Posters on Daily Kos have been sending care packages and participating in other hands-on gestures of support throughout the war. Is it fair to question their motives? If you're very cynical, I guess, and if you keep in mind that many of them have friends and family members in the military. But to imply that they're doing this at the last minute to make themselves look better is phenomenally dishonest. This kind of us-vs-them "the other side hates our troops" rhetoric (which can indeed be seen at Daily Kos quite often as well) is intentionally divisive and, paired with the dishonesty of suggesting that this was the only such effort on Kos, would seem to reflect an iffy interpretation of the meaning of "classical values".

I posted a comment calling them on the factual aspect of this (in a respectful tone) last night, but for some reason it has yet to show up over there...

-Ben | Comments
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