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The whole Cindy Sheehan story is really fascinating, but I've resisting the urge to blog about it here. What Sheehan is saying must really hit a nerve with conservatives and Republicans. It's as if there's only one legitimate response to losing a child to war, and Sheehan's protests over the war run counter to the behavior expected of her. It's really disgusting the way that commentators are defaming her. A local blogger made a point to calling her Unamerican. Of course I agree with Siva's assertions that "To quash dissent by sliming and lying about those who dissent is unAmerican. True patriots stand up to power when they see it abused."

It's horrifying to read about the angry conservative who ran down crosses bearing names of dead soldiers. It really does make me wonder if the right really supports the troops or if it just supports the war. I'm not as disgusted by the driver in Crawford as I am by media professionals like Bill O'Reilly and Michelle Malkin who attack Sheehan's character. This isn't framing a story; this is intimidation. To discredit Sheehan, Malkin published divorce papers filed by Sheehan's husband. Rather than acknowledging the social problems war introduces at the home front, these folks argue that Sheehan grief is trivial and has no right to speak.