Internet Smackdown Aftermath

[Bad Writer]

But no. I do not institutionalize respect. If I did, I'd run the risk of respecting the guys who have purposefully targeted civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan, and committed raped against both foreign civvies AND their own servicemembers. I mean, let's just quietly mull over how bad of a problem rape is in the military towards servicewomen by their own fellow servicemen... I cannot give broad, covers-all respect specifically because people like that do exist in the military, and they continue to exist to this day.

I don't understand why paying respect to an entire institution necessarily means that you automatically respect those bad servicemembers that commit such heinous acts. It's not like we tell them to go out and do these things; these are acts committed individually. By this logic, you would also need to condemn the entire U.S. government because it spawned individuals like Nixon or Bush. I have a feeling this is not the case on your part, Creed, so I'm having difficulty deciphering what you're really trying to tell us here.