What is the proper way to celebrate Veteran’s Day? It is a question that I think many of us have never really asked ourselves. On the surface we will give the answer of telling a soldier that we thank them for their service but is that really enough to honor their service and sacrifice?
That is why for this very special episode of Gray Matters we invited The Professor Richard DeVine back into the studio. Richard is a Vietnam veteran who lucky for us is not short on opinions and sharing them with the world. According to The Professor, Veteran’s Day should be more than just saying thank you but rather acting in ways that show their sacrifice wasn’t for nothing.
With American’s fighting each other over the dumbest of things such as a Popeye’s chicken sandwich, many Veterans are asking themselves whether people really appreciate the sacrifices they made. Their logic being if they really did, they wouldn’t be fighting over trivial things and surely our politicians wouldn’t be running our government and country into the ground for greater good of their political parties.
Where do we begin? According to The Professor we need to stop fantasizing about the heroism of war and instead talk about how awful war really is and the lasting legacy it has on our surviving Veterans. If we did that, maybe people wouldn’t be so cavalier with the very country that our Veteran’s gave their lives and innocence to build and protect.
As always I am joined by my co-host, the Armchair QB Bill Reed to help keep me in line and firmly in the Gray. Gray Matters Radio is a proud member of the 6One4 Radio Network family of podcasts. Find this as well as all our episodes on every major podcasting platform
