SSgt Private RallyPoint Member 1332208 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div> 2016-02-25T19:35:38-05:00 SSgt Private RallyPoint Member 1332208

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2016-02-25T19:35:38-05:00 2016-02-25T19:35:38-05:00 SSgt Private RallyPoint Member 1332215

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I would keep it professional because they could be doing it to get a rise out of you. Remember everything is recorded these days and one remark or action could haunt you for the rest of your life.

2016-02-25T19:38:41-05:00 2016-02-25T19:38:41-05:00 MSgt C Madd 1332228

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>&quot;Some people wonder all their lives if they&#39;ve made a difference. The Marines don&#39;t have that problem.&quot; Ronald Reagan

2016-02-25T19:42:34-05:00 2016-02-25T19:42:34-05:00 Capt Private RallyPoint Member 1332244

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I was in from 1960 to 1975. <br /><br />The whole country disagreed with our service.

2016-02-25T19:50:38-05:00 2016-02-25T19:50:38-05:00 CW2 C.J. Scheurenbrand 1332255

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>A throat punch usually works.

2016-02-25T19:52:35-05:00 2016-02-25T19:52:35-05:00 MSgt Mike Ruikka 1332264

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Tell them they are entitled to their opinion and walk away. The argument isn&#39;t worth your time.

2016-02-25T19:56:23-05:00 2016-02-25T19:56:23-05:00 SGT Jonathon Caldwell 1332304

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>GTFO and not waste my breath or my time with them. I am proud of my service along with my family being proud. I don't need anyone else's approval.

2016-02-25T20:07:31-05:00 2016-02-25T20:07:31-05:00 LTC Private RallyPoint Member 1332312

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I dealt with that a lot when I took college ROTC in the early 70s. They threw tomatoes and other things at us when we were marching on campus and when we were leaving on a bus for a training exercise. A group disrupted our drill competition and delayed it about 2-3 hrs. People told me I am part of the problem not the solution. I just stood my ground, and said that's what I want to do; we all have differences of opinions and interests; in fact that's what makes our country great and we defend our country so it can stay that way. If they continue to argue, I just ignore it. What I'm most proud of is my tenacity that I stayed with it despite the unpopularity of it.

2016-02-25T20:10:03-05:00 2016-02-25T20:10:03-05:00 TSgt Gwen Walcott 1332326

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Unfriend them and never look back. They aren't worth anything

2016-02-25T20:13:29-05:00 2016-02-25T20:13:29-05:00 SGT Robert Hawks 1332337

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I just walk away no sense in arguing with idiots.

2016-02-25T20:16:47-05:00 2016-02-25T20:16:47-05:00 COL Mike Humphrey 1332351

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>They have the right do disagree and are entitled to their opinions. Just ignore them and be proud that you served or are serving.

2016-02-25T20:23:00-05:00 2016-02-25T20:23:00-05:00 SSgt Robert Jorgensen 1332365

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>You could always say the ultimate - 'Your welcome for me to defend your rights and stupidities!'

2016-02-25T20:27:58-05:00 2016-02-25T20:27:58-05:00 SGT Brian Watkins 1332377

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I cry myself to sleep at night... lol. Oh no, this person disagrees with me being awesome!

2016-02-25T20:37:14-05:00 2016-02-25T20:37:14-05:00 SGT Michael Thorin 1332391

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Their feelings of your military service are not what is important, what is important is how you feel about your service.<br /><br />We lived a life that not everyone has lived. We have seen things they will never understand. When you spend your entire life here in the United States, and spend it in freedom to do as you wish or go as you wish, you have the luxury of pretending this world is all wrapped up in a perfect little package, and that's where they want to stay, in that package. <br /><br />Those of us, however, that chose to serve for whatever reason, we spend our lives giving up a great deal of our freedoms outside of that pretty little box, doing everything we can to keep others from getting into that box.<br /><br />Inside the box, they do not know, or even want to know what it takes to defend a Nation and help others in need.<br /><br />The thing about the people in that box, is that they are entitled to their opinion just as we all are.<br /><br />Our job is not to change their opinion, our job is to ensure they have the freedom to form and maintain that opinion.<br /><br />It is our burden to bare and their privilege to enjoy.<br /><br />Remember that when talking to them. Defend your service, but do not attack them. <br /><br />Remember, as many others have said, it's not worth your time.<br /><br />You be proud of who you are and what you do, of your accomplishments and your travels.<br /><br />You should never have to defend yourself or your service to anyone.

2016-02-25T20:39:56-05:00 2016-02-25T20:39:56-05:00 LTC Private RallyPoint Member 1332419

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>If you mean disagree as in they don't like that the military is conducting operations in country X or Y, then I'd just say "yeah, me too. I wish you civilians would quit electing people who keep sending us there."

2016-02-25T20:46:03-05:00 2016-02-25T20:46:03-05:00 SSgt Mark Lines 1332493

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I follow the 1st rule of the internet, &quot;Don&#39;t feed the trolls, it only encourages them.&quot; Smile and walk away.

2016-02-25T21:07:45-05:00 2016-02-25T21:07:45-05:00 Capt Bob Abbott 1332523

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Like a porcupine. Just let them walk on by and ignore them.

2016-02-25T21:16:48-05:00 2016-02-25T21:16:48-05:00 CAPT Kevin B. 1332564

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I typically ask what they've done in their life that I'd be proud of. Haven't heard anything worthy of a footnote in an obit.

2016-02-25T21:26:45-05:00 2016-02-25T21:26:45-05:00 PO1 Private RallyPoint Member 1332620

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Haven't truly come across that yet, but if I did I wouldn't even give them the time of day.

2016-02-25T21:50:12-05:00 2016-02-25T21:50:12-05:00 SA Harold Hansmann 1332815

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Respond: yep, that's your opinion.

2016-02-25T23:26:51-05:00 2016-02-25T23:26:51-05:00 CPT Pedro Meza 1332908

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I divorce them, actually first wife left me and the second partied when she thought the rebels killed me in Colombia back in 1985; Yep divorced them.

2016-02-26T00:30:49-05:00 2016-02-26T00:30:49-05:00 TSgt Melissa Post 1332938

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Once when I was in Monterey, I got on the bus to go downtown. An elderly man behind me saw my CAC card and was sitting across from me. We turned the corner and along the beach were protestors. My first experience with this. The look on his face to me said "I am so sorry you had to see that". I just smiled at him and thought "well at least they are practicing their freedoms I am fighting for them to keep." Yeah, it sucks that we defend stupidity but I guess you have to take the good with the bad.

2016-02-26T00:55:58-05:00 2016-02-26T00:55:58-05:00 Capt Seid Waddell 1332950

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The same way I handle the village idiot - with patience and compassion. They are doing the best they can.

2016-02-26T01:02:46-05:00 2016-02-26T01:02:46-05:00 MSgt John Taylor 1332957

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Tell them that they're right, that your're ashamed of your service and then just walk away the better citizen. Folks who say crap like that are looking to get a rise out of you so that they can feel superior without actually doing anything superior.

2016-02-26T01:12:56-05:00 2016-02-26T01:12:56-05:00 SN Timothy Ehrenhaft 1333039

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I simply say "opinions vary". That's the last they hear from me. If I can't walk away or avoid them, I cease all acknowledgement of them - no responses, no reactions, no eye contact - they no longer exist to me and are, therefore, no longer a problem for me. If they're a co-worker, and the encounter happens at/in the workplace, you could report them. If they're in public (sidewalk, bus, train, tram, etc), you have many options to successfully evade and escape.

2016-02-26T03:23:46-05:00 2016-02-26T03:23:46-05:00 Sgt Tom Cunnally 1333054

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Ignore them but have not met any for a long time. But I did a few times in San Francisco when leaving the Marines Memorial Club. Code Pink &amp; ActUp protested the Marine Corps when voters in CA went against the law that OK'd Same Sex Marriages. ActUp was also responsible for fire bombing a Marine Recruiting Office in Oakland. My former XO &amp; I decided not to wear our Dress Blues at a Marine Corps Birthday Ball at the Marines Memorial Club that is located on Sutter Street in San Francisco because things were so tense there in 1988.

2016-02-26T03:54:33-05:00 2016-02-26T03:54:33-05:00 CW4 Private RallyPoint Member 1333070

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>No one is dumb enough to disagree with my military service to my face.

2016-02-26T04:40:20-05:00 2016-02-26T04:40:20-05:00 PO1 Donald Hammond 1333072

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>What do you mean "disagrees" with my military service?

2016-02-26T04:41:40-05:00 2016-02-26T04:41:40-05:00 SSgt Christopher Brose 1333090

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>In this day and age, supporting the troops is the fashionable thing to do, even for liberals and people traditionally opposed to military service and all things related. So I haven't run into a person who disagrees with my military service for several years.

2016-02-26T05:30:05-05:00 2016-02-26T05:30:05-05:00 PO3 David Fries 1333116

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Just walk away shaking my head. You can't fix stupid.

2016-02-26T06:35:29-05:00 2016-02-26T06:35:29-05:00 SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth 1333119

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Ask them how their right to complain about everything is, as then walk away.

2016-02-26T06:42:05-05:00 2016-02-26T06:42:05-05:00 PO1 Matthew Murdock 1333130

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>With me walking away

2016-02-26T06:56:16-05:00 2016-02-26T06:56:16-05:00 1stSgt Eugene Harless 1333230

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Tell them to go fuck themselves with a chainsaw.

2016-02-26T08:21:47-05:00 2016-02-26T08:21:47-05:00 Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth 1333298

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I just tell them thank you and you are welcome. When they look at me puzzled, I tell them again Thank you...you just validated why I serve...and you are welcome because I serve for you to have the legal right to stand under the protection of those like me and have the freedom to disagree with me or our government without reprisal. Then I just say good day and walk off.

2016-02-26T08:56:01-05:00 2016-02-26T08:56:01-05:00 Maj Mike Sciales 1333609

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Tell them "that's the beauty of America, I defend to even my own death for you to be free to disagree."

2016-02-26T10:21:59-05:00 2016-02-26T10:21:59-05:00 SCPO Jason McLaughlin 1333614

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Gogoplata

2016-02-26T10:23:55-05:00 2016-02-26T10:23:55-05:00 LCDR Rabbah Rona Matlow 1333693

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Not sure what you mean by that, but one of the things I like to say is "I served to protect your First Amendment Right to protest the military's existence..."

2016-02-26T10:53:26-05:00 2016-02-26T10:53:26-05:00 SSG Drew Cook 1333818

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Depends on the situation. I'm not sure why anyone would "disagree" with my service any more than anyone who might disagree with joint the Peace Corps or interning with a political figure. I think most of those folks are generally underinformed and make baseless assumptions on what it is we do, and I like to take the opportunity to reverse that horrible disease.

2016-02-26T11:39:15-05:00 2016-02-26T11:39:15-05:00 SGT Benjamin Lindsey 1333896

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I have ran into this situation on more than one occasion. I treat them all the same, by telling them, have a nice day. Because you don&#39;t need that negativity in your life.

2016-02-26T11:57:28-05:00 2016-02-26T11:57:28-05:00 PO2 Private RallyPoint Member 1334433

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>A sarcastic remark that will anger them, and then ignoring them usually does a good job. It's that or get cancer from talking to them. I've realized lately that it is absolutely impossible to reason with a fool. You get infuriated at the fact that their puny little minds can't comprehend simple facts (for example: they literally are alive and free because of the U.S. Military) and it kills you inside. So I just don't. I say something sarcastic to anger them therefore passing my anger and annoyance off onto them.

2016-02-26T14:31:50-05:00 2016-02-26T14:31:50-05:00 Sgt Judy Leonard 1334475

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Ignore them

2016-02-26T14:44:22-05:00 2016-02-26T14:44:22-05:00 Sgt Private RallyPoint Member 1334490

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Do not associate with this person any more than you have to.

2016-02-26T14:50:15-05:00 2016-02-26T14:50:15-05:00 SrA Marlin Taylor 1334504

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I was faced with this not too long ago. I love the person straight in the eye and told them that it was their opinion and the right to say that. Just as it was my right to love my country and serve it. And people like me in the military are the reasons why he had the right to his opinion.

2016-02-26T14:54:17-05:00 2016-02-26T14:54:17-05:00 CDR Michael Goldschmidt 1334847

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Disagreed? I served...for good or ill. Facts are facts, now stop wasting my time.

2016-02-26T16:44:50-05:00 2016-02-26T16:44:50-05:00 SCPO Private RallyPoint Member 1335059

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Call-1-800-HiT-JOBS???

2016-02-26T18:04:58-05:00 2016-02-26T18:04:58-05:00 COL Jim Kohlmann 1335151

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Just shake your head and walk away. He's not worth your time

2016-02-26T18:56:45-05:00 2016-02-26T18:56:45-05:00 Maj John Bell 1335278

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Is there not one thing in your life [or in the lives of others] that is worth losing everything for? - The great Raisuli, in The Wind and the Lion. The brackets are mine.

2016-02-26T20:15:03-05:00 2016-02-26T20:15:03-05:00 TSgt Jack Manigold 1335336

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Just say You're welcome and walk away.

2016-02-26T20:38:26-05:00 2016-02-26T20:38:26-05:00 CPO Curtiss Hill 1335408

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Just ignore them. They aren't worth the effort.

2016-02-26T21:16:40-05:00 2016-02-26T21:16:40-05:00 MSgt Kurt Woodward 1335544

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Like everyone else has said. Let them know politely that they are entitled to their opinion and wish them a good day. That last part might throw them off their game and defuse the situation.

2016-02-26T22:37:19-05:00 2016-02-26T22:37:19-05:00 MSgt Devon Saunders 1335857

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Tell them I served to protect their right to feel that way, then walk away.

2016-02-27T02:37:52-05:00 2016-02-27T02:37:52-05:00 SGM Steve Wettstein 1336298

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div><a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="216473" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/216473-0629-enlisted-radio-chief">SSgt Private RallyPoint Member</a> I smile at them and tell them to have a nice day.

2016-02-27T11:41:48-05:00 2016-02-27T11:41:48-05:00 CMSgt Private RallyPoint Member 1336405

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>"Well, then, it's a good thing that you don't lace my boots every day. Have a great day!"

2016-02-27T12:36:56-05:00 2016-02-27T12:36:56-05:00 Sgt Tom Cunnally 1336655

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>"Disagree with my military service"....not sure what you mean by "disagree" with my military service.. I served from 1953 to 1961..most people today were not even around then so I haven't had much disagreement with it except for one guy here who I just ignore.

2016-02-27T15:47:43-05:00 2016-02-27T15:47:43-05:00 PFC Tuan Trang 1336662

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I'll tell them thank you and leave, i don't need to waste my time on someone who's having problem with me or my service, or i can be an ass and say, "aleast i try to do something for my country".

2016-02-27T15:52:39-05:00 2016-02-27T15:52:39-05:00 CPO Frank Coluccio 1336804

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Mostly I ignore them, but if I'm feeling a bit "froggy" I'll say "Well I did, when you couldn't or wouldn't"

2016-02-27T17:34:51-05:00 2016-02-27T17:34:51-05:00 CW2 Michael Mullikin 1336809

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Remember the old saying about wrestling a pig: there's no point in wrestling a pig—you get covered in mud and pig manure and the pig enjoys it.

2016-02-27T17:36:08-05:00 2016-02-27T17:36:08-05:00 PO2 Private RallyPoint Member 1336846

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>not worth my time or argument. They aren't walking in my shoes and maybe never will maybeeven out of fear. I pray for them anyway

2016-02-27T18:01:15-05:00 2016-02-27T18:01:15-05:00 PO1 John Meyer, CPC 1336872

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I simply ignore them. They aren't worth my time.

2016-02-27T18:23:22-05:00 2016-02-27T18:23:22-05:00 PO1 Glenn Boucher 1337049

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Better to just walk away instead of getting into a useless pissing contest.<br />People who never served and don't like the military are never going to see why someone would serve and its almost impossible to get them to understand.<br />I have met very few who don't like the military and as soon as they start spewing their hate I just walk away and avoid further interaction.

2016-02-27T20:20:03-05:00 2016-02-27T20:20:03-05:00 CPT Chris Newport 1337198

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Ignore them but if that won't get you left alone do what a Man has to do.

2016-02-27T21:23:07-05:00 2016-02-27T21:23:07-05:00 Sgt Nick Marshall 1337221

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Never had it happen.

2016-02-27T21:33:47-05:00 2016-02-27T21:33:47-05:00 MSgt Wayne Morris 1337788

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Simply state opinions are like rectums and move on. No sense arguing with a moron as they normally wear you down from life experience of being a moron.

2016-02-28T07:59:03-05:00 2016-02-28T07:59:03-05:00 SSG Private RallyPoint Member 1338033

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I suppose it depends on the extent to which they disagree and the particular points they use to support their argument. Typically, I will very briefly engage them in a light hearted debate, but if it starts to become heated or confrontational I will simply remove my self from the conversation and area of that person.

2016-02-28T11:26:29-05:00 2016-02-28T11:26:29-05:00 MCPO Roger Collins 1338036

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Where the Hell do you folks live? From the military, I have lived in several states, employed by three large companies, run by civilians. Never did I happen on anyone that had a problem with my career in the military. In fact, just the opposite, in recent years, I have had people see my tags indicating Navy and have had them come up beside my car to express their appreciation. Many want to talk about my experience, particularly when they learned most of my career was on submarines. Move away from those A**holes!

2016-02-28T11:28:02-05:00 2016-02-28T11:28:02-05:00 MSgt Eugene Pullins Jr 1338357

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>No need to handle them if they become totally disrespectful then drop them as friends

2016-02-28T14:19:41-05:00 2016-02-28T14:19:41-05:00 SSG Trevor S. 1338703

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I tell them I am happy my service has allowed them to disagree with their government and it's institutions, then I walk away.

2016-02-28T17:39:42-05:00 2016-02-28T17:39:42-05:00 COL Charles Williams 1339418

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>The same way I deal with someone who wants to talk bad about this country, burn a flag etc... It is their right.

2016-02-28T23:22:52-05:00 2016-02-28T23:22:52-05:00 SCPO Martin Synakowski 1340639

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Just walk away and ignore them like they would ignore you. What that type of person says, thinks or does will never affect me or what I have done while serving my country with pride. That type of person is most likely a Democrat and will vote for Clinton, who we all know LIED about killing our brothers in the Benghazi attack.

2016-02-29T13:23:55-05:00 2016-02-29T13:23:55-05:00 MAJ David Vermillion 1341453

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Walk away. There's no convincing them of anything. Their mind is made up.

2016-02-29T17:36:59-05:00 2016-02-29T17:36:59-05:00 SSG Daniel Murphy 1343475

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>tell them to GFT

2016-03-01T10:25:02-05:00 2016-03-01T10:25:02-05:00 TSgt Mario Guajardo 1346014

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I have responded, with some success, with the following: "It is useless for sheep to pass laws against the eating of meat if the wolves are not in agreement." Don't bother to argue though. That's a waste of time.

2016-03-01T23:47:55-05:00 2016-03-01T23:47:55-05:00 SGT Richard H. 1350698

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Hmmm...disagree with someone's choice to preserve their right to disagree someone's choice. Interesting conundrum.

2016-03-03T12:20:05-05:00 2016-03-03T12:20:05-05:00 SPC Kevin Sypnier 1356861

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Everyone is entitled to their own shit opinion. Listen to what they have to say and shead some light on their ignorance

2016-03-05T13:27:08-05:00 2016-03-05T13:27:08-05:00 SPC Aaron Stephens 1356934

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>"Congratulations."

2016-03-05T14:01:59-05:00 2016-03-05T14:01:59-05:00 CW2 Private RallyPoint Member 1357111

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>No reason to do anything. I don't need their approval. And neither does anyone else in uniform.

2016-03-05T15:36:27-05:00 2016-03-05T15:36:27-05:00 CPO Randy Francis 1357507

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I served from '82 to '88 and again from '94 to '11. I ask them if they can speak Russian or Arabic. When they say "No" I just say "You're welcome" and walk off.

2016-03-05T19:30:38-05:00 2016-03-05T19:30:38-05:00 SCPO Private RallyPoint Member 1357886

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Ignore them or tell them it is because of my military service that they have the right to say stupid shit.

2016-03-05T23:15:00-05:00 2016-03-05T23:15:00-05:00 SSG Joel Jeschke 1357950

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I usually say"your welcome." Because of the military you have the freedom to say what you want.

2016-03-06T00:24:36-05:00 2016-03-06T00:24:36-05:00 SSG Brian Kresge 1358536

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Can you know the mighty ocean? Can you lasso a star from the sky? Can you say to a rainbow, "Hey, stop being a rainbow for a second?" No! Such is military.<br /><br />Disagreeing with service makes about as much sense as disagreeing with pudding. Sad people are sad.

2016-03-06T12:32:06-05:00 2016-03-06T12:32:06-05:00 Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth 2544210

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>State your info and if they disagree...Walk away...not worth your time.

2017-05-03T16:37:40-04:00 2017-05-03T16:37:40-04:00 CDR Michael Goldschmidt 2546200

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Disagree with it? What does that even mean?

2017-05-04T13:32:59-04:00 2017-05-04T13:32:59-04:00 TSgt Gwen Walcott 2546339

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>If they disagree, look them in the eye and say, &quot;Your loss&quot; and walk away <br />...

2017-05-04T14:20:45-04:00 2017-05-04T14:20:45-04:00 CPT Chris Newport 2548508

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>walk away making making a comment to yourself about his birth and nationality to your self. if here he grabs your arm cut and or kill him.

2017-05-05T12:51:00-04:00 2017-05-05T12:51:00-04:00 PVT Mark Brown 2602504

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>As a Vietnam era veteran I have had plenty of opportunity to deal with handle a person who disagrees with your military service. Originally I was embarrassed when confronted, then became will to exhibit my pride in my military service. Had opportunity to turn the table on those that were of the anti-war ilk. It was, and remains so, that the vast majority of those men and women had absolutely no idea what military service was, what military service means in terms of paying back for what has been so freely given to us. Let many folks stumble over themselves looking for an answer that didn&#39;t make the speaker seem like an idiot. Anyone I came across that fled to Canada was welcome in my mind to go back to Canada and don&#39;t come here. You made your choice - stick with it and pay the price for the choice you made. Guess they did not understand the consequences of their cowardly action nor did they understand that Canada was also militarily involved in Vietnam. As far as I saw when I got home, the vast majority of the anti-war actor were several thousands of &quot;American&quot; who made they choice to grow their hair and face long, smoke dope, drop acid, participate in &quot;free-love&quot;. enjoy the new governmental programs like food stamps. So free money and plenty of dope and drink and no responsibility. You and I, Soldier, Sailor, Marine, Coastie, Airman, Merchant Marine, were doing a fine job, thank you very much, killing babies and burning villages and massacring innocent women, children and babies in Vietnam and other places around the world. Hummm-What about Kent State?

2017-05-26T22:43:11-04:00 2017-05-26T22:43:11-04:00 2016-02-25T19:35:38-05:00