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    You are one of the few members on this forum that has always tried to approach articles and threads from the perspective of actually having a discussion and exchanging ideas and positions in a civil way. In other words, you are in the minority on this forum. I was not strong enough to continue extending the olive branch so I have basically moved on but I have immense respect for you so your post caught my eye.


    Let me be frank. I'm surprised you're surprised that you were called a liar for claiming military service. Look around.......seriously look around at the members on this forum and most notably the new members. This forum is nothing more than a cesspool of right wing conspiracy theorists. The worst from other forums have found their way here and have become a beacon that attracts more of the same.


    You're a man with integrity and honor. Who cares what they think about you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Standing Wolf View Post
    Discussion forums and the Internet in general are obviously places where what's real and what's only imagined sometimes get confused - sometimes deliberately, as when people represent themselves as being something they are not or claiming to have done something they haven't accomplished.

    Earlier today, in the course of a discussion about chains of command and accountability within government, I was accused by another member of "faking" my claim to having served in the military. The tortured logic by which the other member arrived at this conclusion isn't important; I suspect he doesn't actually believe his own claim, but is just attempting to take a dig at me that he thinks will really hurt, and since families are off limits and attacking them will likely get you a suspension...

    I'm posting this in the Military and Veterans' Room because I believe that those of you who have also served probably take, as I do, a special interest in this room, although of course those who haven't served read it too. I want you to imagine yourself having just been accused of "faking" your military service; how would it make you feel?

    Yes, I know that ultimately most of us are just strangers here and it doesn't really amount to a hill of beans what some dude halfway across the country thinks (or pretends to think). I guess I really don't fully understand why it bugs me as much as it does. Honestly, it feels like a betrayal; that's the best way I can describe it. There are just certain things that most of us, despite our political or ideological or social differences, hold in common. When a story arises about an animal that's been abused, our outrage and anger unite us. No one takes the occasion to question whether someone really cares about animals that much, or to suggest that somebody is just making up a story about their sick dog to garner sympathy. In much the same way, we who have served our nation in uniform, even as we may be sniping at one another about politics or some social issue, have that bond of comradeship and shared history hovering somewhere in the background.

    I just needed to post this before I went to bed - get it out of my system, as much as possible. Hope it didn't come off as whining, although knowing this place as well as I do if somebody wants to view something as whining that's what they're going to call it. Whatever.
    The kind of person to do such a thing is a bottom feeder who probably has a lot of emptiness, loneliness, bitterness and my guess is the actuarial tables will take care of things in short order.
    I find your lack of faith...disturbing...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lummy View Post
    Want a cookie?
    Is that what you say from your panel van?
    I find your lack of faith...disturbing...

    -Darth Vader

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    Thanks to everyone who took the time to comment - well, almost everyone.

    I'm pretty much over it, I guess, except that I probably won't be having any more exchanges with the two or three members on that thread who said what they said. Their loss.
    Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.” - Robert E. Howard

    "Only a rank degenerate would drive 1,500 miles across Texas and not eat a chicken fried steak." - Larry McMurtry

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    Quote Originally Posted by Standing Wolf View Post
    Thanks to everyone who took the time to comment - well, almost everyone.

    I'm pretty much over it, I guess, except that I probably won't be having any more exchanges with the two or three members on that thread who said what they said. Their loss.
    Sorry, I arrived late to the party. We don't see eye to eye on many issues, but I know you are authentic to your beliefs and what you post here. It was a douchebag move on that member's part, but sadly it is more of the norm rather than the exception here.

    Remember, this is a very difficult time for the majority of the board, but that still does not excuse the behavior.
    “Conscientiously believing that the proper condition of the negro is slavery, or a complete subjection to the white man, and entertaining the belief that the day is not distant when the old Union will be restored with slavery nationally declared to be the proper condition of all of African descent, and in view of the future harmony and progress of all the States of America, I have been induced to issue this address, so that there may be no misunderstanding in the future”

    - Jefferson Davis

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    You are owed a public apology.

    I can't comprehend anyone saying they served when they didn't. It is senseless and disgraceful.
    Liberals are a clear and present danger to our nation
    Pick your enemies carefully.






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    You missed the point. You claimed to have served but believe a subordinate part of an organization is independent.

    You are a dumb ass.
    Call your state legislators and insist they approve the Article V convention of States to propose amendments.


    I pledge allegiance to the Constitution as written and understood by this nation's founders, and to the Republic it created, an indivisible union of sovereign States, with liberty and justice for all.

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    So much for an apology...
    my junk is ugly

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    Today being what it is- Thank you, Vets.
    Liberals are a clear and present danger to our nation
    Pick your enemies carefully.






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