06-07-2019, 12:18 PM
(06-06-2019, 02:06 PM)bfine32 Wrote: I've said it before and I'll say it again: I hope Trump, Biden and anyone else who "deferred" their way out of Vietnam because of privilege felt like the cowards they were every time they looked at a man such as John McCain.
It why my political heroes are folks like Seth Moulton and Tom Cotton.
I really don't know what a 19 year old me would have done, but based on the way I think now I would not have gone to Vietnam if I could have avoided it. I don't see anything "brave" about blind allegiance to authority
But I am a "tough-minded" liberal instead of a meek conservative who does whatever he is told. It takes guts to stand up for what you believe in.