TheSquealer...I read the thread where you chose to denigrate Rochard
 

...for being proud of his service to his country...may I ask what service have you provided for your country?

BTW if and when you choose to answer the question please leave out any platitudes you may have in mind and try to be truthful.

Rochard continue to take pride in your service to your country. :thumbsup

What does denigrate mean?

den·i·grate
[den-i-greyt] Show IPA
verb (used with object), den·i·grat·ed, den·i·grat·ing.
1.
to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame: to denigrate someone's character.
2.
to treat or represent as lacking in value or importance; belittle; disparage: to denigrate someone's contributions to a product.

Heh, thought it was just degrade.

No, he denigrated him for CONSTANTLY posting about it. Vastly different things.

Yes, running away from home a full 4 years before most states trust you to drink a wine cooler to join the military makes you not only a hero, but gives you license to never let a single thread be created on a webmaster forum where it goes unmentioned decades later.

I don't want to shit on you... I'm sure you can't wait for Rochards "this is Rochards son ... Rochard died today" thread. I don't want to rob you of that.

You guys are the high school quarterbacks taking about that one play, 40 years later and it's pretty sad.

"Making the choice as a "child" as you keep putting it and joining the marines at age 17, doesn't make a person heroic. Running away from home isn't an act that should command respect, no matter where that naive child ran to. It's nothing more than a dipshit kid making decisions for which he has zero understanding of the consequences of. It's not an act to be proud of anymore than any other decision that a 17 year old makes."

The above is denigration...in my opinion.

So no service for your country...sport?

When you stop taking my tax dollars to pay for your meds, your retirement, medical care, VA loans, education and refund everything that was paid to you for salary. costs of training, housing, food, equipment, transport, education etc... you can start lecturing people on what they owe you and go on incessantly about your non achievements at our pain and expense.

Maybe you both can provide proof of being honorably discharged before we commence with the accolades?

Got it...you are one of those heroic taxpayers...that could not make the cut to serve in the military.

BTW...I have probably paid in taxes...in my life time...to more than have covered all that you have listed above and I suspect that I have paid more in capital gains tax than you have made in your lifetime and still continue to pay more in capital gains tax than you earn in a year.

A hero has no need to constantly make the case that he's a hero and then demand almost daily acknowledgement of the same. That's what weak and insecure people do.

What is, is. If you have to argue that a truth you feel is both universal and self evident to be true... Then it's likely not true.

Rochard has never claimed to be a hero that I am aware of and has stated that all of his service was during peacetime and that he served as an instructor at AIT (Advanced Infantry Training).

He is a man that is proud of his accomplishment of becoming a U.S. Marine...and his service to his country. As am I for being an Airborne Soldier and having served my country for 12 years.

He didn't see active duty from what I remember. Does that still make you a hero? Kinda like a firefighter that never leaves the firehall, only staying around to cook chili for the rest of them.

What have you ever served that is bigger than yourself...that provides you with a reason to be proud...outside of being a heroic taxpayer?

We get it. It's the same old story all the time. You're VERY selfless. You're so selfless that you are going to remind everyone continually of exactly how selfless you are while also letting people know they are not only less of a person than you, but that they owe you a great debt for your immeasurable selflessness.

It's not about you.
It's all about the greater good.
It's all clearly about "serving" others....

and not your own insecurity as a man.

Hero.

Rochard at least posted a photo of himself in Marine uniform. He's legit. Now how about you - where's the proof you're anything but an old bag of wind who's watched too many John Wayne movies?

If you won't provide proof, which you won't, then I'll type out your reply for you.

"I do not care whether you or anybody else believes me or not. I live with the proof every day of my existence on this earth, pain so bad I can not endure much longer. I don't owe a thing to any person on this forum. Do you read me ......sport!?""

Since you have chosen to engage in psycho babble...by thinking Rochard continually "lets people know they are a lesser person than you and you owe him a great debt" because he has served as a Marine...I suggest that it is you that are insecure...and feeling guilt...or shame...that you could not make the cut to be a Marine. It is you that went out of your way to denigrate his service...because of your insecurity as a man.

Stay proud Rochard...you know and I know who and what you are and what it takes to be a Marine...so continue to stand...tall...and proud over those that could not make the cut...and want to denigrate your service because you could and they couldn't.

You have got it right...sport. BTW...I have posted proof in the past...years ago...including pictures...and was a fool to do so.

Yeah...

you can't be a felon
you can't be retarded
you can't have any physical ailments that prevent you from being shot by friendly fire

The standards are quite high.

I have been on GFY 12 years, and have made some twenty-eight thousand posts. Out of those twenty-eight thousand posts, I have mentioned the term "Marines" 291 times. I don't believe that is excessive. I am sorry if anyone is offended by this.

Being a Marine is something I am proud of. What else can I be proud of? Getting married? Buying a house? Having a kid? Going to college? Getting a job? Everyone does these things.

I never considered myself a hero, never claimed I was, I was a barracks Marine who never saw combat - I am in fact the firefighter who never left the fire station to fight a fire, and I am perfectly okay with that.

Your sarcasm is apparent.

In addition you have to be mentally and physically tough and not everyone that volunteers makes the cut.

Which requirement eliminated you...sport?

I didn't know either.

It's not "forty years later".

I'm not on any meds, no retirement, no medical care, no VA home loans, and I am still paying off my college education just like everyone else.

I don't consider myself a hero. I was in the military. I am also not weak and insecure. I am just me.

Bedwetting?

That's it, you figured it out. I clearly try to over compensate for my small penis. And the fact that I am gay.

This picture... Puts me completely at ease.

You do not need to explain or apologize...especially to the likes of TheSquealer. I did serve in combat multiple times but I am not particularly proud of that. I am proud that I made the cut to be a paratrooper and serve with the 82nd Airborne Division. There are many that cannot make that cut.

I thought the good book said pride was a sin.

Is that a picture of your wife...or are you the wife?

I have to agree with this.

I just found out through a jacket and asking his mother that my boyfriends brother is 82nd airborne, a better sharp shooter than most and has already moved as much as he can rank wise since graduating boot camp (pardon me for not knowing all the terms).

He doesn't brag about these things. He is certainly proud of his service, but if you ask him he will just say "I am in the army and I get to jump out of planes."

Mom though, she is proud and will brag, but that is what Mom's do.

What's the objective of this thread ? - Pissing contest ? - Who has the biggest dick ?

I am not about to apologize for anything. I joined the military and I am proud of it, end of story. I get to have a Marine sticker on the back of my car, yea me. (Then again, I also have a "I heart bacon" bumper sticker too, yea me again.)

DamianJ rubs a lot of people wrong on GFY. I asked around about him, and everyone that knew him in person said the same things about him - That he's a nice guy and great to hang out with in person. A lot of people think I am arrogant or a know it all when I am just the opposite. On GFY I like to use the term "correct me if I am wrong".

I don't know who TheSquealer is or what he does, nor do I care. He might be Lensman (secretly mocking me because I still don't own a Ferrari) or he might live with his mom, I don't know which.

Well clearly this, er, person, has the biggest dick.

http://i.imgur.com/6FavXVi.jpg

Bigger than mine :1orglaugh - Then again, maybe not !

So TheSquealer took the black out of Rochard?

And I Squealed like a pig!

You mentioned Lensman...do you know what he is up to?

I don't really. I saw him a few years ago in Oakland with his family. I didn't speak to him or anything.

You addressed things i was saying to theking, not you.... and i was also referencing or addressing his behavior and comments, not yours.

As countless many have pointed out in recent times, you refer non stop to the fact that were a marine. When you are driving down the road and people are honking their horns at you... at some point, you should start asking "why" and take an inventory.

"Proud" is an emotion. The act of typing it out 2-3 times a day to make others aware is not "proud". It's insecure.

Everyone alive with very few exceptions have done a great deal to feel proud of. This is what is so offensive about thekings general stance and the suggestion that unless you shot at someone, you are less of a person and have accomplished less than he has. It could be saving someones life, some scholastic achievements, being a great parent, graduating from an ivy league school to dedicating every spare moment to charity or whatever. They are not bringing it up 5 times a day... because though they might be proud of their accomplishments, its not who they are. It's not what they are. It doesn't define them as it is just one small facet of who they are as a person. It is the insecure person who has to keep talking about that one thing.. that happened that one time and that can't let it go.


I discovered my grandfather was in Korea because when i was about 4 (or so), i remember seeing the bullet wounds and surgery scars from having one lung removed. Every once in a while, someone would make a comment about him being in the marines through my life.

Everything i know about my grandfathers military service was either pried out of him after a great deal of effort or I learned it by getting a hold of his stuff from the Korean war from a relative.. which included a huge number of diaries, letters and so on.

He never really talked about it.

These medals, i don't believe i ever heard him speak of (taken from a copy i have of his obituary):

• Bronze Star with Valor
• Two Purple Hearts
• Combat Action Ribbon
• Presidential Unit Citation with one cluster ribbon
• Good Conduct Medal
• National Defense Medal
• Korean Service Medal with three clusters
• United Nations Service - Korea Medal.

My point is simple...

He never reminded a single person that he was in the Marines.

He never had to tell others he was "proud" of himself.

He never made shitty comments like theking such as "what have you served or done to be proud of..." to remind others that he was better than them... as if people don't achieve things all day, everyday to be proud of other than being a paratrooper. TheKing clearly isn't a rocket scientist or heart surgeon or judge, yet no one is suggesting he is less than a person for not being any of those, nor could it be argued that any one of 1000 things he could never achieve in his life which are no less difficult or cause to be proud of than his being a paratrooper.

My grandfather never even spoke about this stuff. I was close to him. His only grandchild and lived just a few minutes walk from him. I was with him all the time growing up.

He never reminded anyone about how "selfless he was" while also implying that everyone owe's him as theking does, or as many do who were in the military, whenever the topic comes up.

He never peppered every other conversation with "when I was in the marines" or "when i was 16, i ran away and joined the Marines"

It's not that he wasn't proud.

It's that he was a truly great person that truly put others before himself. I never understood or appreciated that fully until he was gone. He was truly selfless. He was truly giving. He would give everything for people and ask for nothing in return. He was a strong person that would give anything he had to anyone that needed it. He was a nice guy that everyone liked and wanted to be liked by.

Thats a big part of what being truly secure with yourself is.

Thats probably why he never spoke of his service. Because thats what it is.. "service"... not "bragging rights", not "something to rub peoples face in", not "a cause to demand respect and belittle others". It's not an identity. It didn't define him. It wasn't where his growth ended as a person... it was simply part of his journey.

Unlike theking, his heart was in the right place in everything that he did.

I cannot recall a time that Rochard has said that he is better than you or anyone else or that he felt he was owed anything for his service as a Marine...or that he was/is a hero...just as I have not. The only thing I have ever said about my service is the fact that I served in the 82nd Airborne for 12 years and that I have served in combat and that I am a disabled Vet. No war stories of any kind. Nothing about being owed anything by anybody.

No matter what babble you post these are your words. An attack on Rochard for his service and his intelligence...in addition to making up shit that Rochard never claimed. I know that it is difficult for you...with the guilt you apparently suffer...to stop lying about me and Rochard...but here are your words.

""Making the choice as a "child" as you keep putting it and joining the marines at age 17, doesn't make a person heroic. Running away from home isn't an act that should command respect, no matter where that naive child ran to. It's nothing more than a dipshit kid making decisions for which he has zero understanding of the consequences of. It's not an act to be proud of anymore than any other decision that a 17 year old makes."

In addition to being proud of having served as a Marine...he is thankful to the Marine Corp for most likely having saved his life.

By the way I have literally known and served with thousands of people that have served their country during peace time and during times of armed conflict...that are proud of their service and talk about their service be it war stories or peacetime stories. I have known a few...like your grandfather that do not care to speak about combat or their service. I have known even fewer that are ashamed of their service and their combat roles.

A word of advice...get off of the psycho babble as you are not very good at it...now are you?

But I'm not pointing it out 2-3 times a day. I've mentioned it 291 times in 12 years.

Well, I've saved someone's life, I graduated college (although I dropped out of high school), I would like to think I am a great parent, and I am heavily involved in a charity that I can't even mention here.

Well, what have you done that you are proud of?

When someone posts a video and I reply "I remember one time when I was in the Marines" that's not me bragging about in the Marines, it's telling a story from when I was younger. It's exactly the same as when I say "When I worked at the phone company" or when I say "when I worked in fast food".

Here's a perfect example:
https://gfy.com/showpost.php?p=19609223&postcount=12

That's not bragging. That's me telling a story about when I was a young pup in the service.

You seem to obsessed.