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Semper Fi - 1775 |
Decades after leaving the Marine Corps, one thing I have learned to be absolutely true… Vets can be some of the most triggered Karens you’ll ever encounter. The shit some guys get wrapped around the axle about just floors me. This Larry David video is the gold standard of my example… ___________________________ All it takes...is all you got. ____________________________ For those who have fought for it, Freedom has a flavor the protected will never know ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ | |||
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| Savor the limelight |
Well, how was the wedding? | |||
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Ha! Love that show. Yeah, I've never expected the thank you's and certainly not chased them. I've found the loudest people usually did the least, that's true in most things though. Larry David, as always is hilarious. | |||
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| Victim of Life's Circumstances  |
op jilted maybe...  ________________________ God spelled backwards is dog | |||
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I Deal In Lead |
A lot of the guys I shoot with and hang out with are Vets, primarily because I like them better and get along better with them, plus I trust them more. Never met one who was triggered easily who didn't have PTSD, and that was very few of them. | |||
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| Leatherneck |
I’ve never watched that show but the clips I’ve seen make me think I should. That’s another great one. “Everybody wants a Sig in the sheets but a Glock on the streets.” -bionic218 04-02-2014 | |||
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| Staring back from the abyss  |
Yep. I like when people are courageous enough to say what many are thinking. I get the "Thank you for your service" occasionally (mostly when using the Lowes card) and have a hard time explaining that I did a few years back in the 80s and didn't exactly storm the beaches of Normandy. It was hardly more than a job that I wore a uniform to...just like them. Could I have had to do more? Yep. But I didn't. IMO this is simply a severe overcorrection from post-Vietnam. Save it for the people who've earned it. It may not be a popular opinion, but I'll own it. ________________________________________________________ "Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton. | |||
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| I Deal In Lead |
The problem with that is that there's absolutely no way to differentiate the truly deserving from the ones who aren't based on appearances. And remember that all Vets, regardless of where, when or how they served, wrote a check for up to and including their lives. They took their chances equally, so IMO they deserve respect equally. | |||
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The OP title mentions "former" Marine. I thought it is "once a Marine, always a Marine". --Tom The right of self preservation, in turn, was understood as the right to defend oneself against attacks by lawless individuals, or, if absolutely necessary, to resist and throw off a tyrannical government. | |||
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