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jmowreader

(50,559 posts)
Mon Nov 11, 2013, 04:29 PM Nov 2013

Why I dislike Veterans Day

As a vet I should think this a great day. Problem is, the right wing trolls who love to make veterans also love to complain about spending money on them. It is not, according to the RWNJ contingent, their responsibility to pay for medical card, education, home loan guarantees, disability pensions, any of it.

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Why I dislike Veterans Day (Original Post) jmowreader Nov 2013 OP
And... Wait Wut Nov 2013 #1
They paste "Support the Troops" stickers on their bumpers. lpbk2713 Nov 2013 #3
And... Wait Wut Nov 2013 #5
You dislike Veterans Day because there are people who disagree with you politically? Bok_Tukalo Nov 2013 #2
How does "pay your damn bills" become a political issue? jmowreader Nov 2013 #7
There are ~22 million vets, they are expensive. If we quit making them, we'd save trillions HereSince1628 Nov 2013 #4
I got this e-mail this morning moondust Nov 2013 #6

Wait Wut

(8,492 posts)
1. And...
Mon Nov 11, 2013, 04:36 PM
Nov 2013

...then they'll take credit for anything Democrats do for Veterans.

Glad you're safe. Enjoy the day and go get some free meals or discounts. My son and his wife are headed to the Remote Control Car Race track to drool over the cars they can't afford.

lpbk2713

(42,759 posts)
3. They paste "Support the Troops" stickers on their bumpers.
Mon Nov 11, 2013, 04:39 PM
Nov 2013



... while they call for closing of VA hospitals.


Wait Wut

(8,492 posts)
5. And...
Mon Nov 11, 2013, 04:42 PM
Nov 2013

...treat our homeless vets like stray dogs. We have a lot of them here because of the VA Hospital. It disgusts me how they're treated. When called out on it, they like to point to all the programs for Veterans that make it 'unnecessary' for Vets to be homeless (nuisance in RWNJ speak).

Bok_Tukalo

(4,323 posts)
2. You dislike Veterans Day because there are people who disagree with you politically?
Mon Nov 11, 2013, 04:38 PM
Nov 2013

Does that go for all the holidays?

jmowreader

(50,559 posts)
7. How does "pay your damn bills" become a political issue?
Mon Nov 11, 2013, 08:00 PM
Nov 2013

People who claim to support the troops need to SUPPORT the troops, dammit...and in case they hadn't noticed, troops ain't cheap.

HereSince1628

(36,063 posts)
4. There are ~22 million vets, they are expensive. If we quit making them, we'd save trillions
Mon Nov 11, 2013, 04:41 PM
Nov 2013

over the next century.

It's counter to the normal supply and demand thinking but...

If you -REALLY- love veterans, you don't want any more of them.

Cutting back on veteran production is a cause this vet fully supports.



moondust

(19,993 posts)
6. I got this e-mail this morning
Mon Nov 11, 2013, 04:56 PM
Nov 2013

from a relative who is a vet and whose wife is an uneducated wingnut whose uncle is a retired naval officer or something and sends them a lot of RW propaganda.

It uses war vets to try to minimize all the other problems in the world.

Here it is on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/notes/god-bless-all-the-fallen-soldiers-in-iraq-afghanistan/when-a-soldier-comes-home/154607314565856

Yes, yes, everything is wonderful compared to the horrors of war so stop complaining!

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