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@jamestaranto Thanks.

@jamestaranto We're all the recipients of sacrifices we can't hope to repay. (Partly why "you didn't build it" is a lie re gov't, not life.)

@jamestaranto @earldean71 It wasn't "challenging." It was disgraceful.

@jamestaranto @earldean71 Go fuck pavement, Taranto.

@jamestaranto Hope your mom dies in a fire today. Doubt you have the guts to offer a thoughtful answer to my challenging tweet.

@jamestaranto @earldean71 You've got a big head. You think that tweet was'challenging'? And put a quote about you as your tagline?

@jamestaranto @earldean71 Your tweet was callous, not challenging. The men who died felt they were worth it. Who are you to question that?

@jamestaranto Either way, it's unwise to ponder the "worth" or "value" of the object for which the individual is making the sacrifice.

@jamestaranto harm's way -- which every volunteer US soldier does and what the men in CO did in a blink of an eye.

@jamestaranto or even brief talk-show analysis. In both, however, thought should be given to those who willingly put themselves in (cont.)

@jamestaranto in combat makes one a hero. Philosophical statements such as this don't easily lend themselves to 140 characters or (cont'd)

@jamestaranto I missed yesterday's tweet that set everyone aflame. It struck me as similar to Chris Hayes' comment on if just dying (cont.)

@jamestaranto I think you may be confusing "challenging" with "half-baked." That's an empty provocation, not a deep musing.

@jamestaranto Challenging? I think @earldean71 said flippant.

@jamestaranto don't pat yourself on the back too much. "challenging" comments make people rethink values; yours was Youtube-level trolling

@jamestaranto @earldean71 A thoughtful answer to a thoughtless tweet.

@jamestaranto obnoxious != challenging

@jamestaranto @earldean71 Challenging? More like challenged.