Another Conservative Attacks my Service

This particular rocket scientist named Daniel Deaton came after me recently, accusing me of pretending to have served in the Marine Corps. His reason? I wasn't wearing a National Service Ribbon in 1986. Unlike this fucking idiot I did five minutes of online research so I could see what he was going on about. At first I thought he meant I was supposed to have a ribbon for graduating boot camp because I was unfamiliar with the ribbon. He thinks every serviceman is allowed to wear the ribbon. The only thing is that practice started in 2002 during George Bush's "War on Terror." Before that you could wear the ribbon if you served during Korean War, Vietnam War and the first war in Iraq. None of those conflicts took place in 1986 which is why in the photograph of me taken in 1986 I am not wearing the ribbon. Deaton, who served 29 years in the navy couldn't be bothered to verify his facts before he attacked me. And, once I explained to him how he was wrong he stopped responding. Pretty gutless, no? So, fuck you, Daniel Deaton, do five minutes of research next time before you attack the service of another veteran.

I created this Twitter account to interact with conservatives on Twitter. It has been a fascinating experience. A popular tact by the most colorful of Twitter conservative is to immediately doubt my service. It has happened several times and Deaton is not the first to focus on the lack of the non-merited National Service Ribbon. It really does help with the theory that many of the most conservative people out there are willfully ignorant. So, guess I can thank Deaton for that.

@USMC_Liberal Not even a National Service ribbon? How long did you serve, 15 minutes? Take the uniform off, fake.

— Daniel Deaton (@DeatonCAPT) February 25, 2014

@USMC_Liberal Hey idiot. It's not a boot camp ribbon. It is a national service ribbon everybody is authorized to wear. @Toupsfamily

— Daniel Deaton (@DeatonCAPT) February 25, 2014