re: #317 nines09

Yes, it has been overkill. A Big Patriotic Feel Good Let’s Salute Our Veterans affair. And then after the buzz wears off, it’s back to slicing and dicing the benefits and privileges of said Veterans by voting for “not on my dime” deadend grifters. It’s like a big Facebook post; Get this poor Vet a million likes. He’s broke. Type Amen and forward, or burn in Hell. A Veteran who comes home with pieces missing should never have to depend on the kindness of strangers. Or the fundraising of all too many frauds who line their own pockets.

In the abstract, everyone even right wingers feels for homeless vets but in reality, a lot of us walk in cities and by homeless people and we don’t attempt to empathize with why they may have gotten there. AM talked about having been homeless. That’s something I’ve never lived. Too many people think if someone’s poor, it’s their own damned fault and a punishment. I really hate the Calvinist mentality we have when it comes ot the less well off.