re: Has anyone noticed that veteran butthurt is becoming rampant

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You mean the concept of "honor" is more important to people who volunteered to risk their lives in whatever battle their country put them in than it is to you and me, who chose not to participate? Shocking stuff.

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I have seen people want to put others in jail for it. You know for dressing and wearing a uniform.

How does "stolen valor" hurt someone that has actual valor? It does not. What does tarnish valor in my opinion, is acting like a child on a school playground because someone took your toy or actually more like crying because someone is wearing a knock off brand of your bona fide Nike's.

I have great admiration and respect for those that volunteered to serve and will remember those that died in their service over this weekend. I have little regard for those that come back act like they are better than those that did not serve, or spend their time drawing attention to themselves by going after "stolen valor".

You are not. I hate the constant sniveling about Memorial day. If an American wants to Grill for Memorial day, they shouldn't be made to feel guilty by a former service member.

I am a Veteran and I approve this message!

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Darth isn't the brightest crayon in the box

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He's damn sure not Red or Yellow!

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I've never been one to go out and party just because it's a 3 day weekend, maybe it's because every generation of my family has served for the United States since the Revolutionary War.

It's a day for me to pay respects to my family and their friends they served with, personally - Not a day to get shithoused on a river. I do kinda get a little irritated with people that completely forget about the meaning and thank me for the years that I served. I didn't do much, certainly didn't get killed. Thank my grandfather that served in WW2, my great grandfather for his service in WW1, etc.

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But do they have to be mutually exclusive? I can still honor my family who served in Vietnam and WWII who are no longer with us this weekend while still grilling out and going swimming. Shaming people who decide to enjoy the three day weekend and assuming they don't honor those who died in service because they do is just as shitty as those who have no clue why we have the long weekend to begin with.

BTW I have all of the respect in the world for vets, my posts earlier were only to frick with Redbone and his a-hole comments. to all who have served, especially those who died while serving!

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When you make 30k a year and live with a chick you knocked up and married right before you deployed you don't pay taxes baw, in fact you probably get extra free money at tax time

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When I was junior enlisted I paid federal and state every month. At the end of the year I actually owed state around $300 and got back maybe $200 from federal (much less than I paid). Not everyone is in the military because they knocked someone up and got married at 18, believe it or not. They exist, but they're a small minority.

BTW- my starting pay was around $850 a month, before taxes, in the 90's, so if you "paid my salary" thanks a fricking lot.

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$850- a month, hell I made less than that as a 2LT over 3....when I enlisted an E-1 was somewhere around $125- a month

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Yeah, back when a burger was 15 cents.

As somebody who served the whole concept of stolen valor is stupid. stolen valor is when you receive money for pretending to have served, at least thats how it started.I agree with this concept, but it was already covered under other laws. Now its evolved into assholes videos and screaming at pretty much everyone in uniform until its proven the person actually did serve. Its stupid and 99% of the time the person doing the confronting is a much much bigger a-hole.

Also the memorial day stuff is retarded. It goes along with the poor me attitude 75% of the military has.

And i can only apeak for the army and aome of the marines i was around.....95% of the people i knew while in, joined for reasons other than just serving the country. Also in my experience most enlisted members are dumb as frick until you get to e7 guys.

Well i didnt say they were smart but they are usually smart enough to be able to know whats going on. Bottomline is most enlisted no matter rank have a high chance kf being dumb as shite.