“Horse Pucky! ... [expletives deleted, mostly to save space] ...”
Let me get this straight -
As an apologist for the fighter pilotry, is Mr Rogers saying that even when they behave childishly, we lesser mortals are still required to take them seriously?
“[expletives deleted, mostly to save space]”
Oh golly. Did I use an expletive? Are you melting, precious snowflake?
” is Mr Rogers saying that even when they behave childishly, we lesser mortals are still required to take them seriously?”
Had you said some - a minority - of fighter pilots are jerks, it might be different. But you wrote:
“I can, however, say that I never met one I would trust.
They are macho and overbearing, but not bold, not gutsy, not truly tough in ways that might be inspiring, useful or worthy: closer to being a pack of whiny, backstabbing mamas’ boys.”
If you met more than one or two, your comment was either stupid or dishonest. But a lot of pencil-pushing snowflakes on the support side might agree with you, since a significant number of desk-bound office workers had no concept of going out to risk one’s life.