Does Corey Remsburg think he was used as a prop by the President? What does he think of those saying

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19. You know, I've been deciding to sit this goofy shit out...

Because to be quite honest, I haven't seen the smartest of posters on either side.

But since it seems that you can't go at least ten minutes without knocking a new post about hte same thing onto my latest page, what the fuck, might as join the party.

Corey Remsberg was indeed a prop. He - and in fact the other people referenced by the president, were used to illustrate something the president was saying. It's not exclusive to them, or to President Obama at all - political figures of all stripes and locales and nations do the same thing. It's not a good thing and it's not a bad thing.

Whether mr. Remsberg was exploited is another question entirely, and I would feel that is indeed up to how he himself feels about the situation. Given that he was there by invite and hasn't spoken out again the situation, I have to conclude that he doesn't feel so - at least based on what i know. i can't say what is or is not going unspoken in his head, right?

Next question is whether it was tacky or in bad taste. This is up to the viewer to decide. I for one feel that zooming in on this man and calling what happened to him a "mistake" is indeed in extremely poor taste. It wasn't a mistake. Eating too much anchovy pizza is a mistake. Watching the grammies is a mistake. Sticking your tongue to a frozen lamp pole is a mistake. What happened to Corey Remsberg was not a mistake, and to call it so belittles his situation, that of thousands more - to say nothing of the Afghan losses and casualties! - all while exonerating the criminals responsible for what happened to them. And to invite applause, much of it from those same criminals?!

I'm sure the president figured it was a good gesture, and as far as i can tell, mr. Remsburg didn't mind. But I'm entitled to my opinion, and that opinion is rather dismayed that the criminal horror that led to the maiming of this man and many, many, many more besides, is relegated to the same category as staying up too late on a work night or picking your nose after scratching your ass.