Apparently yesterday’s MSNBC show Up with Chris Hayes is getting a lot of attention. And by attention I mean vitriol. His crime? questioning the martial civic religion and the morality of mindless soldier worship on Memorial Day. I can’t decide whether or not I’m surprised. Here is the first segment of that “controversial” show.
Last Memorial Day, I wrote this, which covered similar notions. Also see my pieces on The Folly of Soldier Worship and The Ism That Won’t Go Away.
