Wednesday, June 29, 2005
WWII Vets, Go Fuck Yourselves!
St. Paul. Pioneer Press Letters To the Editor, Any Given 4th of July.
Sigh... It must be that time again... Another 4th of July, another angry vet who writes a predictable letter to the editor whining that his army buddies didn’t die in Iwo Jima so that some dirty hippie protester could exercise freedom of speech by burning the flag. Well, too bad then. If your buddies did not die defending our freedoms, then they died for nothing and you fought for nothing. I’d be angry too if I fought for nothing. Instead of worrying about what dirty hippies and liberals and anti-war “America haters” do to your precious piece of cloth, it might behoove you to worry about what the president is doing to raise the age of social security, cut medicare benefits and make health care more costly for the elderly—elderly veterans too. Bitch about how much France and liberals and dirty hippies owe you for your sacrifice. Its easy to bitch about stuff when somebody comes and changes your colostomy bag or wipes your ass every day when you’re home bound and disabled. That might not happen if your medicare benefits get yanked by the Republicans, but hey they sure say a lot of nice things about the flag. Don’t blame them when you’ve been sitting in your feces for three days and the flies start buzzing around you. Just shake your fist at France and anti-war protesters. Maybe blaming them will help you cope with the fact that the goons you’ve been loyal to all these years had their best interests at heart, not yours.
Sigh... It must be that time again... Another 4th of July, another angry vet who writes a predictable letter to the editor whining that his army buddies didn’t die in Iwo Jima so that some dirty hippie protester could exercise freedom of speech by burning the flag. Well, too bad then. If your buddies did not die defending our freedoms, then they died for nothing and you fought for nothing. I’d be angry too if I fought for nothing. Instead of worrying about what dirty hippies and liberals and anti-war “America haters” do to your precious piece of cloth, it might behoove you to worry about what the president is doing to raise the age of social security, cut medicare benefits and make health care more costly for the elderly—elderly veterans too. Bitch about how much France and liberals and dirty hippies owe you for your sacrifice. Its easy to bitch about stuff when somebody comes and changes your colostomy bag or wipes your ass every day when you’re home bound and disabled. That might not happen if your medicare benefits get yanked by the Republicans, but hey they sure say a lot of nice things about the flag. Don’t blame them when you’ve been sitting in your feces for three days and the flies start buzzing around you. Just shake your fist at France and anti-war protesters. Maybe blaming them will help you cope with the fact that the goons you’ve been loyal to all these years had their best interests at heart, not yours.
