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People like me--??????????

Posted on: June 8, 2020 at 14:33:59 CT

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I fought with blacks in VN and would fight today for whatever GI Bill rights they earned. I grew up an anti-war liberal and pro-civil rights liberal in the 60s/70s and resent the implications of your attempts to brand me a racist

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Moving on. Familiar with the GI Bill? - ivan drago MU - 6/8 13:03:52

I got the GI Bill --paid for Law school - mu7176grad MU - 6/8 13:20:51

now imagine you were a black soldier - ivan drago MU - 6/8 13:24:23

No soldier was denied VA benefits based on race - Spanky KU - 6/8 13:30:53

So you were saying no GI Bill for blacks - mu7176grad MU - 6/8 13:29:35

Brief summary.. - ivan drago MU - 6/8 13:40:28

People like me--?????????? - mu7176grad MU - 6/8 14:33:59

So your brief summary blames Democrats at the local - Spanky KU - 6/8 14:01:00

Today yes, back then no. - tcat KC - 6/8 13:19:41

How was it not applied equally 'back then'?(nm) - Spanky KU - 6/8 13:25:31

The program was not, the people who implamented it were.(nm) - tcat KC - 6/8 13:40:12

Nope Try again.(nm) - Spanky KU - 6/8 13:51:35

Several ways - ivan drago MU - 6/8 13:33:48

1) no... getting a dishonorable discharge required a - Spanky KU - 6/8 13:39:36

Is there anything in this country that is not racist? Other - hokie VT - 6/8 13:11:43

Everything is racist, sexist, homophobic, Islamophobic - tcat KC - 6/8 13:16:22

I agree. We need to end the GI Bill(nm) - El-ahrairah BAMA - 6/8 13:11:08

RE: Moving on: How about finishing up the systematic racism - BH O'bonga MU - 6/8 13:08:30

i'm doing it now.. - ivan drago MU - 6/8 13:10:07

LOL---you can find racism everywhere - mu7176grad MU - 6/8 13:25:03

Exactly.. - ivan drago MU - 6/8 14:12:59

no, and that was racist.....in 1946(nm) - tigerinhogtown STL - 6/8 13:05:13

Most people in my neighborhood. - ivan drago MU - 6/8 13:08:22

My parents never gave me a dime for college - mu7176grad MU - 6/8 13:42:34

exactly. you received help from GI BIll - ivan drago MU - 6/8 14:19:29

ok, so you have to wait a generation - equality is about - tigerinhogtown STL - 6/8 13:13:39

Discrimination in 1946 has an scho in 2020 - Grasslands MU - 6/8 13:18:56

he's NOT talking about the 20th century - tigerinhogtown STL - 6/8 13:25:33