Failed robocall reporter Glen McGregor couldn’t resist snarking about a Conservative MP’s wearing of the poppy too early, in his opinion:
Isn’t it still a bit early for poppies, Ed Fast? Not even Hallowe’en. Cue: “I make no apologies for….” twitter.com/glen_mcgregor/…
— Glen McGregor (@glen_mcgregor) October 28, 2012
From the Royal Canadian Legion:
Albertaardvark let him have it on Twitter:
Are these people wrong toobit.ly/U7nM78#cdnpoli ‘@glen_mcgregor: @albertaardvark …So are Christmas ornaments What’s your point?
— Albertaardvark (@Albertaardvark) October 28, 2012
@glen_mcgregor Here are some of Alberta’s Lt. Gov, our Premier, and more. bit.ly/U7nM78 Have at ‘er. #ableg #cdnpoli @mooseandskwerl
— Albertaardvark (@Albertaardvark) October 28, 2012
A veteran I knew, who has since passed, used to wear his poppy all the time. Another on twitter notes that he keeps one in his truck to wear whenever he goes to his home legion.
Oh, BTW, Glen assured me his snotty tweet had nothing to do with the MP being a Conservative; he would have sniped about anyone wearing a poppy too early to suit him. In that case, ladies & gents, I give you Canada’s new “poppy fashionista”!
As Kathy Shaidle* is fond of quipping: “Jouralists! Your moral and intellectual superiors!”
UPDATE: I see Albert Ardvark also couldn’t resist further merriment over this twit of a journalist!
And Dean joins in!
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So now the Poppy is a fashion item?! I’ve been wearing mine since last Friday, when Br. 140 RCL distributed them. Trust me on this; we Legion types aren’t fashionistas.
Speaks volumes to the integrity of one Glen McGregor. Someone oughta smother him with his kilt; what an embarrassment.
Apparently, to your “moral and intellectual superior” yes, the poppy is a fashion item.
What a loser, eh? He really beclowned himself and got taken apart on Twitter for it.
Typical leftard petty meanness. The very type who would disrespect those who died fighting to give them the freedom to be a self absorbed socialist twat.
His intent to slur a Conservative backfired spectacularly. If he was smart, he should have apologized, but he’s clueless so he clung to his stance.
Well said, Natasha, and on the BC Blue. I was reminded yesterday when I saw so many poppies being worn by shoppers at Costco that I have to put mine on as well, preferring to anchor it with my Royal Canadian Legion membership pin rather than the “bent straight pin” which holds the black center and seemingly always dislodges from a person’s apparel. (We see almost as many poppies littering the ground this time of year as we do the Timmy’s cups. Such is the close-up Canadian scenery…) Glad to get the common-sense clarification on this, and, all the phony etiquette aside, we DO REMEMBER our veterans, especially those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom, and are grateful to symbolically illustrate by this simple adornment what’s in our hearts. We need no moral authority (media jocks?) for that!!!
I know his intent was to slur a Conservative & he couldn’t pass up the opportunity to do so. But what he really did with his petty comment was denigrate the poppy and all it symbolizes. We couldn’t let him get away with that on Twitter. Really, he just reduced the wearing of the poppy to some sort of fashion issue like wearing white after Labor Day. What a jerk…
To a morally bankrupt loon like MacGregor a poppy probably is simply a fashion accessory…
….and what’s wrong with wearing white after Labour Day?! Especially socks?
Actually, I like to wear white after Labor Day just to tick off anal types who care about such crap.
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