Not once have I seen ANYTHING from Veterans Affairs, the legion or even from an actual veteran that putting up Christmas decorations before Remembrance Day is disrespectful to them. So why is everyone “quoting” these veterans and saying it is?
If it is, let the veterans tell us themselves. Any veteran or current serving military I’ve actually talked to doesn’t find it disrespectful, in fact most of them put Christmas decorations up before November 11th. What I find disrespectful is everyone who just doesn’t like Christmas coming early, so they using veterans as a way to launch their complaints and claim legitimacy to them.
This isn’t any different the people who say that wearing a poppy with a Canadian flag pin is disrespectful. Have you eery stopped to look at who actually wears the poppy this way? It’s veterans! They do it so they don’t loose their poppy (and my thought was so they don’t stab them selves with the pokey end like I do all the time...lol). …show more content…
It makes them happy and that is all that matters.
So going around saying it’s disrespectful to them is what is actually what is disrespectful. Next time you want to mention it’s disrespectful to them to put up Christmas decorations, stop, because you’re just trying to come up with an excuse so that you don’t come across as the grinch. Don’t use veterans as an excuse because it’s something you don’t like, that is what is disrespectful to
If it is, let the veterans tell us themselves. Any veteran or current serving military I’ve actually talked to doesn’t find it disrespectful, in fact most of them put Christmas decorations up before November 11th. What I find disrespectful is everyone who just doesn’t like Christmas coming early, so they using veterans as a way to launch their complaints and claim legitimacy to them.
This isn’t any different the people who say that wearing a poppy with a Canadian flag pin is disrespectful. Have you eery stopped to look at who actually wears the poppy this way? It’s veterans! They do it so they don’t loose their poppy (and my thought was so they don’t stab them selves with the pokey end like I do all the time...lol). …show more content…
It makes them happy and that is all that matters.
So going around saying it’s disrespectful to them is what is actually what is disrespectful. Next time you want to mention it’s disrespectful to them to put up Christmas decorations, stop, because you’re just trying to come up with an excuse so that you don’t come across as the grinch. Don’t use veterans as an excuse because it’s something you don’t like, that is what is disrespectful to