I have a great respect for veterans and our civic holidays in the abstract but I don’t know how to take them seriously in the moment. Every Veterans Day event I’ve ever attended has felt masturbatory in the worst ways and I can’t imagine this sentiment is uncommon amongst vets
It just feels like we can’t commit to what Veterans Day is. Is it Memorial Day 2? Is it for the living? If it’s for the living then let’s actually talk to and about them, not jerk off about freedom and sacrifice
I have a great respect for veterans and our civic holidays in the abstract but I don’t know how to take them seriously in the moment. Every Veterans Day event I’ve ever attended has felt masturbatory in the worst ways and I can’t imagine this sentiment is uncommon amongst vets
Were I forced to serve in the military at 18 when I was an annoying communist who hated these people, I’d with complete certainty still be an annoying communist who hated these people
I can’t even tell you how much I want a minimum of 2 years mandatory military service for every able-bodied male immediately after high school.
Listen to this young man. He’s likely no older than 20, and he’s confident, respectful, dutiful, and definitely not to be messed with.
The exact kind of men America needs!
@ToryAmerican I really can’t believe that these people think the military is some civilizing force detached from its membership and wildly expanding or worse forcing that expansion wouldn’t fundamentally change what we’re working with
Black coffee* is my preference ultimately but that does come with the asterisk of *coffee of high enough quality that it is best enjoyed black.
If you’re drinking Folger’s black I think you’re a lunatic
“why don’t boys read anymore” idk man. maybe mass literacy was a historical aberration. maybe reading is not so central to the human experience as is commonly supposed. why is the act of reading itself treated with an almost moral reverence.