Lol
Listened to NPR today. After speaking with a few historians and political scientists who taught about the history of the 4th and how these types of militaristic displays are used in authoritarian regimes, They had to both sides this issue by interviewing stupid people who were vets. The vets explained that:
A. They felt they needed a day to recognize the armed forces. Apparently they forgot the other 3, armed forces day, Memorial Day, and Veterans Day. But what can ya do when you’re interviewing stupid people?
B. They felt that without the armed forces, there wouldn’t be an America. Which is funny, since there wouldn’t have been an America without the citizen militia, Native American help, and French Navy.
C. They seemed to regard Trump’s nationalism/self flagellation as much needed as we haven’t done these things in the past. None of them talked about the great political implications or of the cost to both infrastructure in DC or the national park budgets that were raided. None of them talked about honoring veterans with a better health care system or letting military people have a day off to be with their families.
Sigh
Why are we talking about honoring vets on the 4th anyway? Isn’t it a day to celebrate our independence and country’s ideals? Why are we making it another armed forces day?
