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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2015-06-02 06:49 pm

[ SECRET POST #3072 ]


⌈ Secret Post #3072 ⌋

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Re: Judging Thread

[personal profile] elialshadowpine 2015-06-05 09:39 am (UTC)(link)
Dad served three tours in 'Nam. He is viciously anti-military and anti-war. My dad is awful in a lot of ways, but seeing war crimes firsthand (sometimes being able to do something, sometimes not; I know when he was the CO he did what he could, but he wasn't always the CO) has really changed his attitude about the military and blind patriotism. When 9/11 happened, my grandmother (the good one) called and asked him to please put up a flag, at least for her. His firm response: "I know what atrocities this country has committed. No." (Aside from being a vet, he's 1/4 Eastern Cherokee, and basically raised by his grandfather, who was in his 90s, and would have been born Civil War era, and the stories passed down to him. Let's say I got a much more detailed history of atrocities committed against various tribes than most people ever do. He holds very little regard for the military, the US, and especially blind patriotism.)

I still remember the screaming match when the military recruiters called the house for me. It was sorta hilarious, until I realized he was actually serious. I have since "borrowed" this, with a polite-with-bite tone, when the military recruiters have been calling my fiance's 17yo daughter about recruitment. "Sorry, my stepdaughter's at school at the moment; can I help you?" "Well, we're calling about military recruitment--" "Oh, she already has college and career plans; she's not interested." "Well, we'd really talk to her, so if she has any questions--" I said, with a much sharper tone of voice, "My father is a Vietnam veteran. If she has any questions, I'm sure he'll be happy to answer them for her." *audible pause* "Thank you for your time, ma'am." (Dad found this hilarious.)