We all know that the Twittersphere can often become a cauldron of caustic comments leaving some offended, and others running to tell everyone how offended they are.
That said, Vietnam veteran and award-winning filmaker Oliver Stone has rasied some eye brows with his recent posts about late Senator John McCain.
Amidst a week full of McCain media coverage, mostly praising his service to our country, Stone dropped his infantry card while calling McCain a "crackpot."
In another tweet he claims that McCain's support for war in Libya, Syria and Ukraine has "brought chaos" to Europe and The Middle East.
He called out the 'main stream media' for ignoring McCain's legacy of embracing war and regime change.
In it, Blumethal writes, "In Libya and Syria, [McCain> cultivated affiliates of Al Qaeda as allies, and in Ukraine, McCain courted actual, sig-heiling neo-Nazis. While McCain’s Senate office functioned as a clubhouse for arms industry lobbyists and neocon operatives, his fascistic allies waged a campaign of human devastation that will continue until long after the flowers dry up on his grave."
In a week where Senator McCain's funeral ceremonies dominate the news, there are certainly many who will exercise their right to express themselves. Both McCain and Stone had experiences as Vietnam veterans that shaped how they view the nature of war and the issues that affect today's global politics. But just as Stone's ground breaking film Platoon, which brilliantly depicted the cruel reality of Vietnam from the soldiers perspective wasn't released until 1986, maybe some time should pass before we light up social media with irreverent hot takes.
Especially considering by their own admissions, both Stone and McCain similarly sought to shed light on issues that may have otherwise stayed in the dark.
Oliver Stone's film credits include; The Putin Interviews, Snowden, Savages, Untold History, Platoon, Wall Street, & JFK.
He served in the Army from 1967-68 in Vietnam and was wounded twice in combat.