https://x.com/bskimike22802/status/2061470420696461642?s=51&t=cLq01Oy84YkmYPZ-URIMYw
"Quick question,
— genuine curiosity here. LGBTQ+ individuals make up roughly 7% of the U.S. population. Veterans make up about 6%. The difference? One group chose a lifestyle. The other signed a blank check to the United States government, payable with their lives. We give Veterans ONE day. November 11. There is only one of those per year — just like there is only one September 13, which, in case you did not know, is National Bald is Beautiful Day. Maybe THAT deserves a full month too. But I digress. An entire MONTH for a group you describe as neither exceptional nor mediocre — just people (your words, not mine, and I agree with them) — while the people who bled, lost limbs, buried friends, and came home broken get twenty-four hours? Seems like the priorities are a little... scrambled. I celebrate everyone's humanity. I do not need a month to do it. But if we are handing out months, I know about 18 million veterans who have been waiting a very long time for that kind of recognition. But what do I know — I am just a bald combat medic who served 23 years, and apparently the calendar has more room for political signaling than for the people who kept this country free."
It almost like the ABC folx are proud for merely existing, which seems like an incredibly low bar for "pride". While those who choose to serve in the military have a legitimate reason to feel pride in their service. But, the military gets a couple of days, the ABC folx get a month. Obviously that is completely fair.
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