Posts: 11697
Threads: 117
Joined: November 5, 2016
Reputation:
43
RE: Which of these is more dispespectful to "the troops"?
July 4, 2018 at 7:17 pm
![[Image: 56cb7b841e000021007028d8.jpeg?ops=scalef..._noupscale]](https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/56cb7b841e000021007028d8.jpeg?ops=scalefit_720_noupscale)
Sad state of affairs
Seek strength, not to be greater than my brother, but to fight my greatest enemy -- myself.
Inuit Proverb
Posts: 33003
Threads: 1412
Joined: March 15, 2013
Reputation:
152
RE: Which of these is more dispespectful to "the troops"?
July 4, 2018 at 7:18 pm
Indeed. There's a great deal of "talk" about how Republicans support the troops, but they don't actually do anything to actively support them whatsoever. Most "talk" from Republicans is just that: talk without action.
Posts: 19881
Threads: 324
Joined: July 31, 2016
Reputation:
34
RE: Which of these is more dispespectful to "the troops"?
July 4, 2018 at 8:44 pm
Never expected anything from the brass. And got it.
Posts: 9878
Threads: 21
Joined: September 8, 2015
Reputation:
79
RE: Which of these is more dispespectful to "the troops"?
July 4, 2018 at 9:29 pm
(This post was last modified: July 4, 2018 at 9:44 pm by Fireball.)
Enlisted personnel generally come from the poorer part of the populace. I know that fits my case. It ended up with me being able to get a university degree after I departed the Navy, first degreed ever, even among my cousins. Wealthier people can afford to have their spawn get a degree before entering the service, or keep them out altogether. The well connected can get a congress critter's recommendation for matriculation through a service academy, thereby having their spawn educated with taxpaer's dollars, with the added benefit of being an academy grad. Lots of politics in that!
ETA my real point. Poorer people expect less, because they have started with less. They're considered cannon fodder, and the shit that happens to them is of little concern for the big shots.
If you get to thinking you’re a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else’s dog around.
Posts: 11697
Threads: 117
Joined: November 5, 2016
Reputation:
43
RE: Which of these is more dispespectful to "the troops"?
July 4, 2018 at 9:41 pm
(July 4, 2018 at 9:32 pm)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: (July 4, 2018 at 7:17 pm)Tizheruk Wrote:
Sad state of affairs
Some people are more concerned about the welfare of illegal aliens than they are about citizen veterans.
Lol only you think in such false extremes
Seek strength, not to be greater than my brother, but to fight my greatest enemy -- myself.
Inuit Proverb
Posts: 4068
Threads: 70
Joined: February 16, 2016
Reputation:
91
RE: Which of these is more dispespectful to "the troops"?
July 4, 2018 at 10:08 pm
(July 4, 2018 at 9:32 pm)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: (July 4, 2018 at 7:17 pm)Tizheruk Wrote:
Sad state of affairs
Some people are more concerned about the welfare of illegal aliens than they are about citizen veterans.
Some people spit out bullshit assumptions about others to cover up for their own shortcomings. You can care about one group of humans while caring about another at the same time, dude.
"Hipster is what happens when young hot people do what old ladies do." -Exian
