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In reply to the discussion: I didn't serve in Vietnam for freedom... [View all]Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)filled with--well, wingnuts. You could hear dark mutterings in one corner about some demonic entity named "Pelosi," while at another table someone was holding his audience breathless as he recounted the latest wisdom from Glenn Beck.
At one table there sat this older guy with a Vietnam Veteran cap and various military-related trinkets and patches all over his shirt. It was like he was visiting royalty or something, there to collect his tributes from the others.
On seeing him and this whole scene, I felt an overwhelming sadness. Had nothing worthwhile happened in this man's life in the last 40 years? Has his whole ego structure solidified itself like a cyst around his veteran status? Why did he still need to feed on the adulation of these decaying, hateful beings?