look at the reaction so far, people on both sides are just using this as a vehicle for their own opinions. the people opposing him are not thinking critically about his stance or the issues it pertains to, they are just spouting slogans and talking about respect for veterans and other bullshit. the people who stand with him aren't looking very critically at this either, they just can't wait to get up and applaud.

there was a pretty interesting article about the rauf incident in an academic journal that showed a similar phenomenon that was even more complicated. that was like 20 years ago and little changed, less as a result of it.