re: Has anyone noticed that veteran butthurt is becoming rampant

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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.