Can we all stand on Memorial Day to honor the fallen? (UPDATED) (AGAIN)

H/T to Reverend Sensing.

UPDATE:  Apparently, for MSNBC host Chris Hayes, the answer to the title question is that it makes him uncomfortable:

Hayes observed that in much casual conversation about war and fallen soldiers, talk of heroism often comes up, and he doesn’t necessarily think that’s a good thing.

“I feel… uncomfortable, about the word because it seems to me that it is so rhetorically proximate to justifications for more war. Um, and, I don’t want to obviously desecrate or disrespect memory of anyone that’s fallen, and obviously there are individual circumstances in which there is genuine, tremendous heroism, you know, hail of gunfire, rescuing fellow soldiers, and things like that. But it seems to me that we marshal this word in a way that is problematic. But maybe I’m wrong about that.”

Mr. Hayes, it makes me uncomfortable to call you an American.

UPDATE II: Mark Shea finds something fitting, something relevant, something beautiful:

Comments

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"Things like that" reveals the vast ignorance of Chris Hayes and how removed he is from the reality of military service. What his words boil down to is the fact that people like Hayes are made uncomfortable by the courage and sacrifice of others. Memorial Day is an annual reminder of how truly insignificant their own actions to date have been.