Friday, August 12, 2005
Patriotism stops at the t-shirt.
Atrios points us to this piece in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on the difficulties of military recruiting.
Staff Sgt. Jason Rivera, 26, a Marine recruiter in Pittsburgh, went to the home of a high school student who had expressed interest in joining the Marine Reserve to talk to his parents.I have to say that at times I have worn my heart on my sleeve but I draw the line at wearing our flag on your tits.
It was a large home in a well-to-do suburb north of the city. Two American flags adorned the yard. The prospect's mom greeted him wearing an American flag T-shirt.
"I want you to know we support you," she gushed.
Rivera soon reached the limits of her support.
"Military service isn't for our son. It isn't for our kind of people," she told him.
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