{"id":7069,"date":"2014-11-12T00:00:46","date_gmt":"2014-11-12T00:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=7069"},"modified":"2014-11-12T00:00:46","modified_gmt":"2014-11-12T00:00:46","slug":"what-a-difference-two-generations-make","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=7069","title":{"rendered":"What a difference two generations make"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Al Sharpton’s TV show is rumbling in the background in my home office.<\/p>\n

Then he introduced an upcoming segment about ensuring how to find jobs for “our troops.”<\/p>\n

Something curious occurs to me. Sharpton is a noted progressive\/liberal. I’ve spoken already to the way America has changed its attitude toward veterans and military personnel during the past two generations.<\/p>\n

Given that I don’t know Sharpton, nor can I read his mind or peer into his soul, I’ll ask the question with some caution: Would this particular progressive talk-show host have this discussion during the Vietnam War, when many Americans were (a) turning their backs on returning veterans or (b) spitting in their faces?<\/p>\n

He would say that he never<\/em> did those things back in the old days. A lot of liberals did, however.<\/p>\n

They’ve changed. I hear many liberal and progressive commentators on the air say much the same thing that Sharpton said today. They want to honor<\/em> our veterans and those who are fighting for our freedom.<\/p>\n

I’m glad the country has changed its attitude. I also am happy to hear progressives talk about jobs programs for veterans, calling on Americans to honor them by employing<\/em> them when they return from the battlefield.<\/p>\n

It wasn’t always this way.<\/p>\n

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