Reno89519 who claims she is so gracious and doesn't insult people in Comment #295, accused me of being disrespectful of veterans simply because I questioned why Ron DeSantis, and Beau Biden who both served as lawyers in Iraq, received Bronze Stars.
My own brother was a Vietnam vet, member of the 25th Infantry Division in Cu Chi from 1966-67, and he died at the young age of 51. I had two uncles who served in the U.S. Army overseas during WWII, and a great-uncle who died serving with the Canadians in France during WWI.
Why on earth would I be considered disrespectful because I questioned someone getting awarded a medal?
And I couldn't write this directly to her, to confront her about her hypocrisy, because she screams and threatens people, yelling at them not to write to her ever again, citing Jim Robinson's rules to anybody she's deemed an enemy that happens to make a normal reply to one of her comments.
The Bronze Star has two versions, one for meritorious service like sitting in an office and doing an exceptional job on important work, and the Bronze Star with V device for bravery in combat.
In 2001 Congress changed the rules that you have to at least be in the combat zone to be awarded the medal.
When A+Bert said that I took it in stride. He hated everyone, so getting his attention that way was an early Free Republic badge of honor or something. I miss the guy!
Anyone who’s been here as long as you and I have been threatened and shouted at disrespectfully...
The question is, how do we react, and how should we react?
Over the past 26 years I’ve gotten nasty a few times with a few people here and regret it. I lost my head. That says more about me than I like. Since I can’t take those words back, I can only go forward trying not to be like that again.
Jim addresses this is a add on thread, here: https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4243242/posts
As he says, our civility—or lack of it—is up to us.