It’s difficult to imagine Ronald Reagan reading Vox.com, but we’re sure he’d be flattered with their suggestion that a national holiday be established to honor him and others who did everything they could to stop wars.
https://twitter.com/ezraklein/status/602969588951822336
@ezraklein @dylanmatt "too"? is this meant to imply that we have a holiday for those who *start* wars? B/c I am unaware of any such thing.
— Colin Grabow (@cpgrabow) May 25, 2015
Writer Dylan Matthews overlooked Reagan in his Memorial Day piece, “It’s time we have a holiday to honor those who try to stop wars too,” but he did manage to name-check several socialists, anarchists and deserters while admitting that even a holiday “honoring those who tried to stop war through peaceful means — organized protest, tax evasion, other forms of civil disobedience —would likely be a tall order.”
https://twitter.com/capdc/status/602969865184509952
@ezraklein good luck with getting ur Jane Fonda Holiday passed… 0 chance
— crazybaldhead (@alexbaldman) May 25, 2015
https://twitter.com/bruvatis588/status/602971381362466816
@ezraklein @dylanmatt The soldiers we honor today didn't start wars. But if you want to honor a peacemaker, try #POTUS40.
— JCPinCompton (@JCPinCompton) May 25, 2015
https://twitter.com/patrick552/status/602970396502183936
@ezraklein @dylanmatt The holiday should be called: 'Peace Through Strength'
— Uri Blago (@UriBlago) May 25, 2015
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@ezraklein @dylanmatt – Wars tend to stop when they are won. So, you mean soldiers? No, you don't mean anything. But you're so cute!
— Ellipsis Macintosh (@ProNaif) May 25, 2015
Wars do tend to be over when they are won … or, these days, when they president says they’re over.
https://twitter.com/MetricButtload/status/602977440781086720
@ezraklein @dylanmatt You are just ignorant of what it takes to keep peace.#IdiotAlert Celebrate peace keepers? That would be the Warriors.
— Vicki Lee ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@NanaVLee7) May 25, 2015
https://twitter.com/CaseyMattoxADF/status/602985776192823298
@ezraklein @dylanmatt you really need a better understanding of what the US military does. Bleh
— TitansGirl (@MSC2134) May 25, 2015
@ezraklein @dylanmatt Oh, great! Let's all honor Neville Chamberlain!
— Gumlegs (@Gumlegs) May 25, 2015
https://twitter.com/AuKantraire/status/602984147880005632
Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Obama, has DRONED and Hellfired how many people to death? @ezraklein @dylanmatt http://t.co/nzyssx8y8A
— Ryan B. Leslie (@RyanBLeslie) May 25, 2015
I really like to see the bubble you live in. @ezraklein @dylanmatt
— Ryan B. Leslie (@RyanBLeslie) May 25, 2015
https://twitter.com/jaehornblower/status/602974924408528896
@ezraklein @dylanmatt that's just horseshit. U think ppl who died in WWII wanted to go to war? My grandpa lost at sea.U spit on his life.
— KGVAlum (@Staceyryn) May 25, 2015
@ezraklein @dylanmatt so were blaming our soldiers for starting wars now?
— [omitted] (@ThirstyTortuga) May 25, 2015
@ezraklein @dylanmatt Yeah, let's make them a monument at the Washington mall: a huge running chicken.
— David (@mirluii) May 25, 2015
@ezraklein @dylanmatt Fantastic and powerful work!
— Franklin Oliver (@FOLIVER4U) May 25, 2015
@ezraklein @dylanmatt By 'powerful' you mean squishy and flaccid? We're honoring those that fought and died. Get a clue.
— Jilad (@PeterProvsky) May 25, 2015
@ezraklein this today? Cmon.
— Clint Wilson (@clintnwilson) May 26, 2015