Do Vietnam vets ever contact their buddies?

[askeptic]

@Frank

askeptic, you are completely out of line for this forum. I believe you know where the Pit is.

Anyone interested in further discussion of Kerry and Swift Boats should open a new thread in whatever forum they feel appropriate. That’s not what this thread is about.

Frank, I know that wasn’t an official warning.Even if it was, I haven’t had one in years so I am not too worried about it. But seriously, I am a veteran and I gave a “humble opinion” about whether veterans stay in touch. Then I gave an opinion about somebody that is not a member. I did not flame a member. I did not bring up the swiftboaters(lying sacks of shit that they were). Why single me out? Am I just supposed to let people like OneCenStamp slander all veterans? Many of us were there, we know the truth. Why should we tolerate historical revisionism?

[hajario]

@askeptic

Am I just supposed to let people like OneCenStamp slander all veterans? Many of us were there, we know the truth. Why should we tolerate historical revisionism?

You are “supposed” to start a Pit thread. You then post a one liner here alerting OneCent to the Pit thread. In the Pit thread, link the the offending post here.

[OneCentStamp]

@askeptic

I did not bring up the swiftboaters(lying sacks of shit that they were). Why single me out? Am I just supposed to let people like OneCenStamp slander all veterans?

Um…I brought up the Swift Boaters. I called their book a “smear” and gave them a big fat :dubious:.

I can’t say I agree with my uncle (hell, I voted for Kerry), but I respect him and I’m not about to argue with him over things (e.g. Vietnam and the war) that he was there for and I was not.

Whom, exactly, am I slandering? And especially, how am I “slandering all veterans” if I’m slow to believe accounts of atrocities against civilians? I would think the opposite would be true.

More than offended, I’m positively confused now.

[ShelliBean]

@Chefguy

Never have, never will. In fact, I avoid any and all vet groups, because they’re too morose and continuously bitch about how they got fucked over by the government. While it may be true, who wants to depress oneself by listening to it ad nauseum?

I know a handful of Vietnam vets through my (27 y/o) husband who hangs out with them through the American Legion. I believe they all met later and did not serve together.
Although I enjoy their company, it does seem that they constantly pick the wound. But who am I to give advice? I just smile and drink my beer. Besides, they don’t talk about it much in my company since I am not a vet.

[askeptic]

@OneCentStamp

More than offended, I’m positively confused now.

I don’t want to hijack the thread nor do I want to start a pit thread. When I mentioned slander I meant that insinuating that vets deny atrocities is slanderous. We were there we saw the atrocities. War is hell. Things happen. But people like your family member are insulting us by claiming that atrocities did not happen. I am not proud of many of the things that happened on my watch but at least I admit they did happen.

[Czarcasm]

@askeptic

I don’t want to hijack the thread nor do I want to start a pit thread. When I mentioned slander I meant that insinuating that vets deny atrocities is slanderous. We were there we saw the atrocities. War is hell. Things happen. But people like your family member are insulting us by claiming that atrocities did not happen. I am not proud of many of the things that happened on my watch but at least I admit they did happen.

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