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Originally Posted by Kato
Everyone has labels attached to them that aren't accurate or true. I've had worse than "lecher" just serving my country. I would gladly take the Dazed&Confused example over "uneducated simpleton", "man whore" or very occasionally "murderer" which I had to unfairly wear over the past few years simply due to my occupation.
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The ignorance and callousness of some people astounds me. I'm sorry you've had to deal with that, and like others, I thank you for your service.
This thread has brought some family and historical perspective to mind for me. My father pledged Kappa Sigma as a married man. He was home from WWII, newly-married to my mother and newly-returned to college. (He had left The Citadel prior to graduation in order to enlist.)
Of course, times were different then -- based on what he and my mother told me, I would hazard a guess that many if not most of his brothers were also vets who had gone back to school after the war, so there was a different dynamic. But I know he was glad to have been able to experience that side of college life, and I know my mother (who had gone to a college without Greek life) was glad for him and supportive. As was common at the time, he gave her his badge, which she still has.
Good luck to you! It sounds like you've got a good perspective going into things and know what questions to ask and what to be careful about.
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