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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"But dressing up as a "Chinese person" or a "Native American" still, to me, isn't ok."

We've heard your objections, and since you have no further arguments than it "isn't ok" to you, we disagree with you.

[b]Veterans have traditionally been a marginalized group[/b], and they are a protected class. Is it offensive to dress up as a soldier or sailor?[/quote]

NP here.  The bolded is absurd.[/quote]

How do you figure?[/quote]

Veterans have traditionally been one of the most honored groups in the US.  They are applauded, celebrated, and honored in any number of ways, and rightfully so IMO.[/quote]

LOL. You clearly don't know any history prior to 1991.[/quote]

LOL indeed.  You mean prior to 1891?

My grandfathers must have fabricated the stories of adulation they received when they returned from WWII, and I must be imagining the veterans having the place of honor and being cheered in every 4th of July parade I attended as a kid.  Not to mention the thousands of monuments across the US honoring veterans, or the numerous national civic organizations (Rotary, Lions, etc.) that have expressly honored and served veterans for decades.

Their certainly have been dark moments for veterans (Vietnam, the calls to exile them as "dangerous" after WWII), but on the whole veterans have long had an honored place in our society.

I suppose that there are regional exceptions (today's oh-so-sophisticated coastie urbanites don't have much respect for anything or anyone) but the above is true of much of our country, even today.

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