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Originally Posted by ratbastid
I think it's probably from Vietnam. The way soldiers were treated when they came home from 'Nam was nothing short of disgraceful. The whole "support our troops" thing arose as a reaction to that.
The real tragedy, of course, is that as a nation, we learned the wrong lesson from Vietnam. And then that lesson got exploited for the pro-war agenda. Turns out that any criticism of the war now equals "dishonoring the troops". Which is ridiculous, of course, and an attempt to justify crushing free speech.
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That makes sense. If that's the case, then the current incarnation of "support our troopps" is overcompensation. It's wrong to treat the troops like garbage for no reason, but they are not above the law or above question. I like my free speech.