(February 6, 2016 at 1:32 pm)abaris Wrote:(February 6, 2016 at 1:24 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: And veterans from Korea and Vietnam got bullied and crapped on right when they got back home from war. There's no reason I should expect ya'll not to continue to throw crap their way now. Figured you would perhaps have more respect for WWII vets, but I guess not.
You're really that dense? Oh, I see, you have to defend military interventions at all costs, since your living in a military environment. War is peace, am I right?
Nevermind that Korea and Vietnam weren't exactly undisputed. Nevermind that a great many being drafted to either war turned pacifist or damaged goods. Nevermind all the protests going on at the same time. No, it has to be the John Wayne approach of war being something like riding into the sunset. Which is, by the way, exactly what I mean. The John Wayne types of being all for picking up arms without ever having seen a frontline or held a real weapon.
Thankfully, as I said, a dying out breed.
If you think I defend military intervention, "at all costs" or even most of the time, you are EXTREMELY wrong. I am against war and military intervention for the majority of the time. I am not sure why you chose to throw that straw at me.
But being in the Air Force has allowed me to meet and get to know many "old white Republican men" who are war veterans. And I don't appreciate the way you generalize them and pass them off as monsters and talk about them as though they are the root of all evil... all in the same box. For someone who is quick to condemn anyone for generalizations when the word "Islam" is brought up, you sure do throw that virtue right out the window when people are old, white, republican, and veteran.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh