{"id":71185,"date":"2017-03-30T10:00:10","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T14:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=71185"},"modified":"2017-03-30T08:42:53","modified_gmt":"2017-03-30T12:42:53","slug":"jim-webb-declines-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=71185","title":{"rendered":"Jim Webb declines award"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Senator James Webb was set to be recognized as a Distinguished Graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy until some of his fellow alumni got angry about the award because of some comments he made back in 1979, according to the Washington Post<\/a>;<\/p>\n

But critics said the selection of Webb \u2014 a highly decorated Marine veteran, 1968 academy graduate and recent presidential candidate \u2014 was unacceptable because of his history of disrespecting women. They pointed primarily to an article published in Washingtonian magazine in 1979 in which he criticized women attending the academy and said that a dormitory there was a \u201chorny woman\u2019s dream.\u201d The article, headlined \u201cWomen Can\u2019t Fight,\u201d was written by Webb after he left the military and while he was a popular academy professor.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, my wife is still mad at me for some shit I said or did back in 1979, too. Women like to drag shit up from your past, for some reason.<\/p>\n

Anyway, Webb declined the award;<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom conversations with the Alumni Association, including information passed down from top Navy leadership in the Pentagon, it is clear that those protesting my receipt of this award now threaten to disrupt the ceremonies surrounding its issuance,\u201d Webb said. \u201cI am being told that my presence at the ceremony would likely mar the otherwise celebratory nature of that special day, and as a consequence I find it necessary to decline to accept the award.\u201d<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

Retired Navy Capt. Wendy Lawrence, who graduated from the academy in 1981 and went on to become a helicopter pilot and astronaut, said Tuesday night that Webb made the appropriate choice in declining the award.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnless you were at the academy at the time, it is hard to understand how damaging this article was, and how lasting the impact was,\u201d she said. \u201cHere it is 38 years later, and we are still talking about it.\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, whatever.<\/p>\n

I’m no Webb fan, although I did carry a dog-eared copy of “Fields of Fire” in my rucksack for years, but, it is time for the perpetually outraged to get over shit that is 38 years old.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Chief Tango and Mick for the tip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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