Fighting Words: Why the Military Profession Needs More Debate, Not Twitter Hate
ML Cavanaugh | April 22, 2019
Even the day after, a Saturday, the online backlash against an Army public affairs officer’s essay spilled over and invaded the birthday party my seven-year-old was attending. The phone pinged, pinged again, and then pinged some more, noises that were thankfully disguised by the piercing shrieks of a dozen party favor whistles. Before I donned my party-favor hat, I had to shut it off.
Later, when the cake was in the trash, and the kids in bed, I read the article in question (“It Takes Two to Tango: The Journalist’s Role in a Health Military-Civilian Relationship,†by Chase Spears). The article’s argument was one I didn’t much care for. But I was most stunned by the response and what this interaction says about the current state of debate in the profession of arms.
https://mwi.usma.edu/fighting-words-military-profession-needs-debate-not-twitter-hate/
