# I support our troops **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 11, 2004, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-support-our-troops/279308 "2004-12-11T13:21:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![MXR90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MXR90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MXR90)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-support-our-troops/279308/41 "2004-12-14T03:39:56Z")
> [@MrFantsyPants](#): > > Well, according to some on this board, if you don’t support this war, and the asswipe who started it, then you have no right to claim that you support the troops. > > To them, I say fuck off. Being that you are from Canada how much ‘support’ are we missing, anyway? You don’t have to do anything, because it doesn’t count. :wally ---
**Author:** ![MXR90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MXR90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MXR90)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-support-our-troops/279308/42 "2004-12-14T04:30:54Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > Yeah, those demonstrations are every bit the moral equivalent of an unprovoked, unnecessary war. Lordy, lordy, how many tens of thousands of innocent people have been killed in anti-war demonstrations? When will the carnage end? That makes as much sense as those lobbying against gay marriages saying rainbow stickers and pink triangles pasted on your bumpers are the same moral equivalent to a guy taking a big dick up his ass, provoked or un-provoked. 😛 The critical left won’t be happy until it dons the coat of its imaginary oppressor. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-support-our-troops/279308/43 "2004-12-14T08:19:47Z")
> [@MLS](#): > > BTW, I don’t have a mag ribbon on my car, I have a bumper sticker for [AnySoldier.com](http://anysoldier.com) That is great. Thank you for that link. I’m definitely going to spend some time on that site. I supported a few of our troops through [Treats For Troops](http://www.treatsfortroops.com). It felt really good sending some stuff over to them. It should arrive by Christmas. It’s a little late to order anything for a soldier in time for it to reach them by Christmas, but you know, an unexpected gift in January would certainly be a welcome surprise. ---
**Author:** ![GomiBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@GomiBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GomiBoy)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-support-our-troops/279308/44 "2004-12-14T14:06:59Z")
> [@WeRSauron](#): > > Where I live, there are tons of yellow ribbon bumper stickers. There are also cars with anti-war slogans, anti-Bush slogans, Kerry/Edwards stickers, etc. I’ve even seen anti-Israel stickers. Everyone lives in peace - although they may not agree. Bush cars drive alonside Kerry cars. I never thought of Mordor as politically progressive, to be honest. I always kind of pictured the place pretty bleak, with a lot of sulfurous emissions in the air, and with a lot of torture and such going on. I guess you learn something new every day on the Dope 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![PinkMarabou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@PinkMarabou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PinkMarabou)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-support-our-troops/279308/45 "2004-12-14T14:16:35Z")
> [@MLS](#): > > Yeah, well, there is not too much call for people of my age, gender and state of physical (dis)ability. So I just support groups that provide material things of aid and comfort to our people over there. And I work and pay my taxes. That o.k. with you? Or am I still a hypocrite? BTW, I don’t have a mag ribbon on my car, I have a bumper sticker for [AnySoldier.com](http://anysoldier.com) Actually I was speaking directly of the people who believe that “support our Troops” means “support GW Bush”. I’m not one of them, I do not support this war. Since it is MY age group who is over there, I have friends who are risking their lives for no reason. My husband was 2 months away from having to go over, this is personal to me. I support them, just not their commander-in-chief. I think you can support them by donating your time, money, and whatever else to make their time there easier. Slapping a magnet or a sticker on the back of your car isn’t supporting anyone, it just makes you more socially acceptable by the Bush lemmings. It’s a fashion statement basically. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-support-our-troops/279308/46 "2004-12-14T14:32:19Z")
> [@WeRSauron](#): > > That’s funny: I’ve never heard of anyone’s propety being vandalized because of leftist propaganda thereon. Is there a _rational_ reason to fear right-wing reaction? There was a fair bit of election yard sign vandalism going on from all sides during the run up to the election, as reported in the varioius local papers. Looked pretty even from what I saw. And there’ve been a few threads here about people being subject to vandalism due to having [Darwin fish](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=160418) on their car, although I appreciate that that’s a different arena altogther. ---
**Author:** ![GomiBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@GomiBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GomiBoy)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-support-our-troops/279308/47 "2004-12-14T14:55:48Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > There was a fair bit of election yard sign vandalism going on from all sides during the run up to the election, as reported in the varioius local papers. Looked pretty even from what I saw. > > And there’ve been a few threads here about people being subject to vandalism due to having [Darwin fish](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=160418) on their car, although I appreciate that that’s a different arena altogther. I think we can all agree that both sides have their idiots who would trash someone’s property because they disagreed with a sticker or sign on that property. No group is immune from having demons within it. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2004, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-support-our-troops/279308/48 "2004-12-14T15:33:12Z")
> [@furt](#): > > Not quite; she was pointing out that the desire was the same: silencing dissent. Of course you realize that by posting this, by your own metric you yourself are silencing dissent. Right? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-support-our-troops/279308.md?page=2)