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You do know that the Purple Heart is awarded to soldiers just for being wounded? They could have been hit in the rear-end by some kid firing a BB gun at them while they were running away from the battle and still been awarded that medal.
In fact, the story goes that some soldiers in Vietnam received the medal for injuries sustained while employing the services of hookers/Vietcong agents; although I find those stories to probably be beyond the edge of credibility.
So given those possibilities for "winning" that particular award I have to say no, he didn't dishonor the medal. Had that medal been a Silver Star it would be a whole different story . . .
I would say it's his to give away Rosie and he can do what he wishes with it. People have different values they place on such awards. Perhaps this person didn't rate the award, or the awarding authority, all that much.
An uncle of mine, as an officer, was responsible for recommendations for awards to those under his command from about 1942-1945. Notice of any of them was received usually with some sort of pride, achievement, etc, but that wasn't always the case. More to the point, this uncle knew of several recipients whose opinion of their medal(s) changed in later years.
I think a medal is a very personal thing. While people in society may have expectations of those who receive them, we should always be aware that these are our expectations. They may have validity on those we impose them on, but they may also have none. I don't know what motivated this person, but the medal is something that belonged to him and was his to dispose of. Until we know his history and his reasoning, I don't think we can be certain of anything.
I suppose so. However Trump said he always wanted a purple and it was" so easy to get one". A Senator (Tammy Duckworth) who lost both legs in battle and was awarded a Purple Heart posted pictures of herself in the hospital and said "this is what a purple heart looks like". "There is nothing easy about it. " I think it was a despicable thing to do. But then my opinion counts for nothing since I have never fought for my country on the battle field. If this guy gives so little value to a purple heart hat he could give it away so easily to a mentally ill politician I have no respect for him whatsoever. Thank you for your reply MrWitch.There is no wiggle room here. The guy dishonored every other recipient of a Purple Heart for political puurposes. What could possibly be more cold-hearted/ugly/evil
than that?
Be KIND?
The only way Trump earns a purple heart is when that raisin in his chest finally stops beating permanently and I pray it happens soon.
Hello Rosie:
The giver didn't dishonor anybody. His medals are his medals to do with what he chooses..
The dishonor comes from what Trump THOUGHT the gift meant.. He thought the guy was "BESTOWING" the medal upon him.. He PROUDLY proclaimed that he always wanted a purple heart, and then he PINNED on himself...
I almost barfed.. What kept me from it, is the certainty that we're witnessing a meltdown of epic proportions.. The Republicans are DESTROYING themselves..
excon
With this answer you show the same ignorance about the Purple Heart Medal as Trump did.
So a regular Trump supported Is or would be deserving of ridicule, but this guy we should be kind to why?
Oh, pray tell!
Redeem your obvious ignorance about the reasons for awarding the Purple Heart and tell us why this Wikipedia article is all wrong. Maybe you can tell us why you got your Purple Heart while you're at it . . . (I'm betting you caught a "social" disease from an enemy "social worker" . . . )
Being all sarcastic and sassy doesn't make you right. It only makes you sarcastic and sassy my friend. But I concede that ignorance is not the.right word. Perhaps I'm just reacting to what I consider irreverent towards the medal.
I disagree with thee excon. Totally. If you had seen Tammy Duckworth in a hospital bed AFTER she had both legs amputated and was awarded the purple heart for it I think you could possibly see my point of view. Of course the guy can grind up the metal and feed it to pigs if he wants. He gave it away to one. It's his. However he represents all the winners of the Purple Heart and look to whom he gave it? What do you think he did that for? OF COURSE Trump took it that way . What other way could he take it? So we
disagree. It's alright with me. Thank you for your reply and Happy Thursday to thee! :)
Tell ya the truth NHP I don't have a clue why I tossed that in. Maybe I felt an obligation to throw him a crumb. It was a crummy thing he did in my opinion. I thought it was a despicable thing to do in fact . I know. It's his. He can throw it away if he wants. He couldn't have discredited it more if he had. Clearly it means nothing to him because he gave it to such a nothing guy who promptly showed
how little he thought of it. Disgusting! :( Thank you for your reply and Happy Thursday! :)
Funny you should say that m'dear. I KNOW you mean it figuratively not literally but I keep wondering where the anti-Trump crazies are these days. There are tons of Trump crazies and I'm pretty sure there are tons of the anti -Trumps out there somewhere. Waiting. I dunno. Maybe they'll toss some rotten tomatoes or rotten eggs at him at some rally. Of course they would be ganged up on and beaten to death probably by the Trump crazies who would be armed as well. But
. I digress . Thank you for your reply and Happy Thursday to thee PC! :)
No, being sarcastic and sassy doesn't make me right. The facts do that.
And I'm not being irreverent towards the medal or those that have been awarded it. The vast, vast VAST majority of those that have been awarded the Purple Heart are quite deserving, have demonstrated valor in the face of possible, sometimes certain death. I have nothing but the utmost respect and admiration for those people. We all owe them a debt of gratitude that can never be repaid.
But there's a number that have received that medal for the reasons that I mentioned. No other medal allows for such a possibility.
