Not that RFK Jr. has ever really accomplished anything except being nephew to a guy who drove a car into a lake, son of a guy who got shot at a speech, nephew of a guy who’s death created more conspiracy theories than you can possibly understand, and cousin to a guy who was dumb enough to fly by eye over water at night killing him and his wife, but of course he still gets press whenever he opens his trap and spews forth.
The big spectacular crapfest that was Live Earth had this gem from RFK Jr., who as I said earlier, has done nothing in his life but ride his name:
“Get rid of all these rotten politicians that we have in Washington, who are nothing more than corporate toadies,” said Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the environmentalist author, president of Waterkeeper Alliance and Robert F. Kennedy’s son, who grew hoarse from shouting. “This is treason. And we need to start treating them as traitors.”
Now. Is it safe to say that calling someone a traitor is impugning their patriotism? I’d say so.
If you call our soldiers merciless baby killers and your patriotism is questioned for it, you’re called a jingo and a bigot. If, however, you call someone who dares not drink the global warming Kool Aid (I admittedly do, but we’re not talking about me here) a traitor and that’s okay?
What’s the difference and why is one acceptable and the other not?
Or is it just the subject matter? I mean after all, our soldiers are baby killers, and global warming is so above debate.
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