This guy?
Article Exposes Mikey Weinstein “Stretching” the Truth
8 January 2015
http://christianfighterpilot.c...tretching-the-truth/
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The article you linked to does no such thing. Here is what it actually said:
"On November 24, writing for two progressive online news sites Weinstein described his opening statement. He made no mention that he had spoken like a typical professional-class American who testifies before Congress. Instead, he gave readers the impression he had spoken like a bull-horn wielding political activist on the National Mall. 'In my introduction, I was blunt. I noted the abject fecklessness and Christian supremacy and exceptionalism of the present regime of religious oppression in the armed forces,' Weinstein wrote, despite the fact that he did not say the words 'Christian,' 'exceptionalism,' “oppression,' or 'supremacy' at all."
It is not necessary for him to have used those specific terms, Best, in order to have accomplished what he described in the introductory part of his testimony.. The weakness of the article (in a conservative religious magazine, Best, which you, despite your anti-religion bias, cite in your overweening but failed desire to one-up what I posted) is exemplified by this excerpt:
"Yet Weinstein promotes more than his professional status and competence. He also promotes bigoted attacks directed at him and family members. To this reporter Weinstein forwarded anti-Semitic email messages sent to him. “Who you think you are? You want to stop our American soldiers from spreading The Word of our Savior to all others with ears to hear? Over my dead body JEWdas mikie Weinstein; better yet over the dead bodies of your jew wife and jew children pray Christ to take them soon,” Terry4Dallas wrote to Weinstein last month."
The writer ridiculous charges that Weinstein "...promotes bigoted attacks directed at him and family members." What rank and consummate absurdity! There is no promotion involved in what Weinstein did. He merely provided, for the reporter's edification, one of many examples of the kind of vitriol that is often directed toward him by wingers who fail to recognize the separation of church and state and its implications for religious freedom in the U.S. military. He could have provided many, many more examples of such vituperative insult. But "promote"?! Give me a break! There is no promotion involved here. There is, if anything, restraint, since some of the hate-ridden tirades Weinstein has received are arguably even more vile and harsh than the one he cited.
As to Weinstein allegedly "promot[ing]" his professional status and competence, would we not have reason to expect someone like Weinstein to give us some minimal amount of information on his personal history and credentials? The man served honorably in the Air Force, worked in the White House, had sons who served in the military. No one need ask, "What does he know?" "Why does he think he has any business doing what he is doing?" "Why does he hate the military?" This is a man who has "been there" and "done that." We need to know that. It is called "credentials." Would we say that some conservative Major General with a right wing agenda has no business citing his prior military experience when addressing subject matter dealing with religion and the military? Would we accuse, for example, General Jerry Boykin
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_G._Boykin ) of promoting himself by using his military career status as a credential to lend credibility to his right-wing tirades? As much as I would disagree with Boykin's extremist ideology, I must concede that he legitimately claims significant credentials. Not many make it to the rank of Deputy Undersecretary of Defense!
So much for alleged "promotion." So much balderdash, Best, like so much else you blither up on this forum!