MSNBC Flack Can't Deal With the Concept of "Hero" on Memorial Day

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It looks like this guy is trying to impress everybody with how compassionate and concerned he is. /sarc

What does the word "hero" mean? Well, let's look it up. I don't see anything there glorifying war.

Doesn't hero mean giving yourself up for something bigger than self? If you look at it at that way, then it isn't too hard how it can be seen to be a difficult concept for liberals.

Before anyone cries foul, it is these guys who encourage people to "vote their own interests". But no man is an island, everything one man does affects everyone else. This is not to suggest one should follow a purely selfish or selfless life strategy. But generally speaking, someone who gives much of himself or herself is more admired than someone who is only out for themselves. For a liberal to say "vote your interest" to say he has a hard time understanding heroism is not so hard to understand in those terms.

Another shot at the liberals here: when they ask for sacrifice, it is you other people who are expected to sacrifice, not themselves. They want all the prizes for themselves. Funny how it always comes back to benefiting themselves first.