Diminuitive - I'm still waiting

Diminuitive - I'm still waiting to see the first reaction in the "alternative,", anti-Bush media to the rescue of PFC Lynch. I'm especially waiting for the urbane, hip left-wing media to start in on the soldier's family; on TV, they come across as Appalachian blue-collar working stiffs, with the accent, the tumbledown house, the three kids in the Army. If you see any such references, send them to me.

But I have a bunch of bones to pick with the major media - and I wonder if any so-called "feminists" will echo this. Too many in the media have referred to PFC Lynch in diminuitive terms; "the nineteen-year-old was brought...", "the Girl from West Virginia..." and so on.

She's a soldier! She's grownup! Yes, her relative photogeneity certainly doesn't hurt "sell" the story, but let's not ignore the fact that PFC Lynch is a member of the Army, no different than the crustiest Staff Sergeant in the dustiest tank unit.

More on this as it develops.