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A Message From Stonekettle Station: Thanks, but It Was Never About That

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Shiplord Kirel: From behind wingnut lines5/27/2019 12:07:18 pm PDT

re: #16 Ace Rothstein

I can’t tell you how many servicemen/women have told me that they hate being told “Thank you for your service.”

None other than Rush Limbaugh once told me that in person. I had attended a symposium on the Vietnam War at Texas Tech. Since I was still in the Guard at the time, I had worn my class B uniform. Limbaugh was on campus for some kind of conservative grift and I happened to encounter him outside the student union. To his credit, I suppose, he recognized my VN service ribbon and thanked me for my service. I forebore to say, “Ok, but where the fuck were you?” and instead gave some kind of polite fluff response and went on my way.