Conservative Country Singer Spends Memorial Day INSULTING VETERANS Who Don’t Share His Beliefs

[Segami]

"..Apparently veterans are only allowed to be Republicans. All others will be mocked, dead or alive..."

"..My Grandpa, a proud vet, used to start every family meal — yes, every — by saying ‘Republicans use religion to steal from working class...’”

reTHUG Country Singing Bozo..............



It was inevitable. This Memorial Day is the day when Dustin Evans, a conservative country “singer and songwriter”, who opened for Country Music Association Awards nominee Lee Brice and claims to be a “perennial favorite among touring bands in the Upper Midwest and Great Plains regions”, repeatedly insulted a veteran because of his political beliefs; aka, the very freedoms veterans fought for. Apparently veterans are only allowed to be Republicans. All others will be mocked, dead or alive. I wanted to honor my World War II veteran grandfather on Memorial Day. He was very political – he couldn’t breathe without talking politics. So I tweeted the words he always said to us, “My Grandpa, a proud vet, used to start every family meal — yes, every — by saying ‘Republicans use religion to steal from working class.’” It’s sort of hard to find a new low on Twitter, but then this happened (he since deleted this tweet):

— Dustin Evans (@DustinEvans1)
@srjones66 Don't feel bad. You're not responsible for your grandpa's stupidity.
May 26, 2014

So, every single veteran who disagrees with Republicans (and there are a lot of them) is stupid, according to Dustin Evans. This is his cheerful Memorial Day message of co-opting all veterans for his side, or “patriotism”. That’s a “no” to honoring ALL who served. He claims to be sponsored by US Smokeless Tobacco and Roper Western Wear. It’s a rare person with a public profile who will insult your beloved dead relative and then do it again after being called out. A veteran. On Memorial Day. When I responded to this total stranger that he was picking on the dead, he co-opted another veteran for cover and reiterated his insult against my Grandpa. So, doubling down, the country singer tweeted (and since deleted):

— Dustin Evans (@DustinEvans1)
@srjones66 @JoeNBC I'm sitting in a room with a veteran, and he thinks your grandpa is stupid too.
May 26, 2014

Dustin Evans’s stream is full of tweets mocking the President. His chief complaint seems to be that Obama can’t throw a baseball, which is just like being angry about the invasion of Iraq based on a lie, only not. Remember the Dixie Chicks? After his double down failed, Dustin then decided to take refuge in making things up:

— Dustin Evans (@DustinEvans1)
@srjones66 After calling my dead veteran grandpa a thief of the middle class for believing in God. Hypocrisy abounds.
May 26, 2014

Mr. Evans has since deleted all of his previous tweets to me, though he issued no apology. Instead, he made sure I knew he wasn’t sorry, “Create whatever narrative you want, lady. I’m thankful for all our vets, and not everyone on the ‘religious right’ is a thief.”




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http://www.politicususa.com/2014/05/26/conservative.html

[TreasonousBastard]

1. A real charmer this one...

in one of his deleted tweets he calls her a "troublemaking twat."

(She kept a screengrab)

[QC]

2. Did Mr. Evans serve, or is he a typical GOP chickenhawk? n/t

[JHB]

9. Pretty sure he would have waved that around if he had served

This type usually does.

[niyad]

11. just looked at his webpage--nothing about any service, just his musical career as an opening

act.

[LordGlenconner]

3. All of which begs the question

Who in the fuck is Dustin Evans?

And if one calls themselves a "star" does that make it so? Does one become a "star" when someone else says so?

Because again, this guy elicits a "who?" from me.

[UTUSN]

4. Another cockroach I never heard of before but will now keep track of. n/t

[shenmue]

5. Arse

Duhhh.

[bullwinkle428]

6. Perhaps this "star" can send a tweet covering his own record of service.

[JHB]

7. From the subject I thought this would be about Shitbritches Ted...

...(Nugent), but it's some other turdball.

[wyldwolf]

8. who the hell is Dustin Evans?

[Vogon_Glory]

10. Connie Behavior Can Still Amaze Me

Incredible. That a chicken-hawk right-wing self-styled "patriot" can pull this cr@p and get away with it.

If a progressive or even a centrist did the same thing, he or she would not only be publically crucified, he or she would be lucky to be able to get out of the country.

What a piece of work.

[COLGATE4]

12. I think the correct clinical term for him

is 'fucking asshole'.