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“Just kidding. I agree with you, I call people here ‘Special Interests’ when they have a background and then try to use it as a club against others. “

I spent 4 years in the Navy. No war during my time, never was shot at, but spent 3.5 years of that at sea on combat vessels. I generally don’t make a fuss about it, I did what I did. I don’t think less of those that didn’t serve. But it just hits a nerve when someone leans on their service as a crutch. You know, like John F’ing Kerry and his “service” in VietNam. My son-in-law is retired Army, 20 years. Was in Iraq twice, Afghanistan once, and he never uses that as a crutch, or a way to imply he’s somehow better than others.

Two things that rankles are:

Someone like McCain who uses the military service of his grandfather and father to receive repeated special treatment in the military. Ditto those who use their gender race.

The MSM emphasizing the need for military service if the Democrat has it, but flips if the Republican has it. Think Clinton/Dole, Bush/Dukakis, Bush/Kerry, McCain/Obama.

” But it just hits a nerve when someone leans on their service as a crutch. You know, like John F’ing Kerry and his “service” in VietNam. My son-in-law is retired Army, 20 years. Was in Iraq twice, Afghanistan once, and he never uses that as a crutch, or a way to imply he’s somehow better than others.”

Sounds like you raised your boy well. And you can add McCain to that list, and Max Cleland, if you remember him. He was the triple amputee (from combat) in the Senate who was a Flaming Leftist. So when he was called out for being a Flaming Leftist, Bill Clinton (along with media) basically said that we couldn’t criticize him, since none of us were triple amputees. It was SICKENING. If you’re in political office (or running for it), and feel no one should attack your positions on issues, for any reason, there is only one term for that: Stalin. Thankfully, whoever was running against him still defeated him.

...and there was one guy who did point out his service here that I really admired. He only did point it out because he was trained to kill Russians on sight, and wondered whether that could be affecting his judgment. Cannot remember his name here, but very, very, classy of him.