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Still a jerk--easy to be rude when you think you are anonymous...
Nothing anonymous about me... my name is in my screen name. Cant say as much for you.
3 years, that's 2 extended tours. The average tour being 12 months.
That is far longer than most tours in WWII as well.
It's a compelling case for a draft in war time.
Heck there are federal laws that apply to WalMart about access to carts, etc, you'd think they would extend to sporting events.
Anonymity ends when you stand face to face with a man. what you use for your screen name means nothing in that regard. Go away child you are beginning to be boring. You have no grounds to be a rude jerk to veterans...who provide the free air you breathe.
Done.
I am a Veteran......
As am I and one thing I’ve learned is that people can be different...very different. One thing our service provides is the freedom to express our opinions, however unpleasant they may be to others. This freedom should be respected, even on a sometimes “goofy” forum like this.
I'm tired of the poor me Vet status. It gives us all a bad name. What Veteran doesn't have bad knees? Assuming they werent a desk jockey. I've been to a lot of football games, I walk to the stadium jump around like a mad man, hurt the next day and embrace every second of it. The poor me sympathy card pisses me off. You knew your job, no one cares about your knees. Serve your country and go home to a better life. We all fought for the same rights to walk up in that stadium and pull for the Dawgs, but he wants special treatment for having the same problems as 60ish%(?) of the rest of Veterans? Give me a break. I have buddies missing both legs that wouldn't go around spewing the BS OP is.
I’m a Vet and have no problem with people complaining about disability services and all that. The second you use the fact that you are a DV to garner sympathy or attack someone else patriotism you cross a line and I will call you out 100% of the time. Be thankful you have limbs below your knees big guy.
Agree with what you said. I will take it a step further. OP has Do You Know Who I Am syndrome. There is an entitlement that the OP expects because he served in the military, doesn't get the expected service that he believes he should get and then condescends toward "them", whoever they are, because he is a veteran,
Money quote from the OP - "No respect for this country's veterans or what they have sacrificed for them ex. The simple ability to play football in a free country." Reminds me of Jack Nicholson in a Few Good Men albeit with a less than Oscar worthy script.
I'm a vet. Cold War. What this person said is garbage and should not be defended.
Are you saying he doesn't have the right to express his feelings, even if they are misguided?
Nope. He can say anything he wants. I just happen to strongly disagree with his statements that I placed in quotes.
He apsolutely has the right! Just like I have the right to tell him I don’t appreciate him playing the DV as ammo against the university because he felt slighted.
Dude. Are you nuts, or can you not read? No one would have a problem if he came on here and "expressed his feelings." No one is trying to corral his free speech. Legitimate veterans in here have a problem with him coming in here and acting like a B.I.T.C.H.
He is playing the "veteran victim" and I for one can't stand it bc it is BS.