Reply #87: As do you....Again. [View All]

[whathehell]

We know how the OP feels...We know how you feel...but I'm afraid that posting it on a thread invites other perspectives, attitudes, and feelings and therefore extends the circle of "who" it is about.

This is "about me" to the extent that I AM one who has thanked veterans and who does not fit the shallow, pro-war generalization you and a couple of others seem to believe in. How one can determine someone's "caring", conservative attitudes, etc. through a ten second exchange of "thank you for your service"
is beyond me and I would guess a number of others here as well.

Perhaps it's a need to rationalize as "fact" your worst suppositions so you can justify taking out your anger on them, I don't know. As a number of veterans here have said, in one way or another, they may have mixed or even negative feelings about the gesture, but "I would never respond negatively to someone who said "thank you".

If you go over this thread, I think you will see that a RANGE of feelings from many including other vets exist here and they don't all correspond to yours or that of the OP.

Perhaps you will then be able to take your own advice and see that it's not "all about you" or for that matter, even the OP.

Good night and Good luck.