http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015...next-november/
Ok. Read the link, and many of the comments.
Yes, Jesse Ventura is sort of a crackpot. Yes, he looks like a dispicable human being in suing a dead man's wife, (estate), for the dead man writing about and then making a false statement in public about him.
Chris Kyle is a hero in many people's eyes because he was willing to do what many could not, or would not. He did it very well. He saved countless US Soldiers lives by taking out enemies before they could act in a hostile manner towards American Troops.
There is no arguing this. But, Court Testimony, , and eyewitness accounts, also show that Chris Kyle was also a flawed human being. He did have a problem with the truth on more than one occasion. Many might seem harmless, but in this case, he told a lie about someone who actually had the means, and the will, to call him out.
Ventura says that he would have never let it go that far if Kyle would have retracted his statements, and apologize. Maybe Kyle died before he had a chance. We don't know.
Many people will say that everybody lies and one time or another. Sometimes the lies are of no consequence, or people simply don't care.
In this case, someone cared. Jesse Ventura may be a first class ass hole, but maybe he is right, and many simply can't believe that a person that they look up to and idolize was, in fact, a very flawed human being as well outside the theater that made him famous.
I'm trying not taking sides in this. I don't think this is a Conservative vs Liberal issue. It's a human vs human issue.