It strikes me that if I want to be intellectually lazy and pose as moralistically superior, I can stiff-arm any leftist criticism of my military analysis by telling them to "check their Civilian Privilege" and just shut up.
Because I apparently can't comment on a whole slew of topics. Tip to Instapundit.
Why don't we all have to play by the same rules? I've served in uniform. It was limited, I freely admit. But I did have 8 years of service obligation in my contract. But it was military service (I have the DD214 to prove it), and I was at risk.
Why should those without any military service (Call of Duty doesn't count) have the right to offer an opinion at all on this category of debate? I mean, if the rules hold this in other cases, why not this one?
Of course, I would never claim the unique right to have an opinion on military matters. I might shake my head at the idiocy of an opinion. I do have confidence in my ability to offer opinions. But I'd never argue that someone has to check their Civilian Privilege and shut up. But I'm just a close-minded Neanderthal whose knuckles sometimes scrape the ground when I walk. What do I know?
Tolerance means something way different than our college leftists like to define it. Hey? Is it possible for someone to keep their white privilege and state their opinion in a pitifully tiny college campus "free speech zone"?
About Me
- Brian J. Dunn
- I live and write in Ann Arbor, Michigan. University of Michigan AB and MA from Eastern Michigan University. One term in the Michigan Army National Guard. Former American history instructor and retired nonpartisan research analyst. I write on Blogger and Substack. Various military and private journals have published my occasional articles on military subjects. See "My Published Works" on the TDR web version or under the mobile version drop-down menu for citations and links.
