Andrew Callaghan

I mean, I just think they're I wouldn't say so much like accountability, but the Reagan era toxic positivity of like, I'm doing great. Everything's totally fine. I don't know if it's like a response to like their their parents being like, I went to World War Two. What the fuck do you have to complain about?

I mean, I just think they're I wouldn't say so much like accountability, but the Reagan era toxic positivity of like, I'm doing great. Everything's totally fine. I don't know if it's like a response to like their their parents being like, I went to World War Two. What the fuck do you have to complain about?

Yeah, I think part of it has to do with that of like any complaint they leverage is like, well, your grandpa was at Omaha. So I don't know what you're complaining about.

Yeah, I think part of it has to do with that of like any complaint they leverage is like, well, your grandpa was at Omaha. So I don't know what you're complaining about.

But I think part of the reason that the 60s became such like this fucking crazy moment is because World War II, we were like the good guys. So you got home from World War II, and everyone was like, thank you, man. You defeated the Nazis. I think that from what my grandpa told me, he was in the Air Force.

But I think part of the reason that the 60s became such like this fucking crazy moment is because World War II, we were like the good guys. So you got home from World War II, and everyone was like, thank you, man. You defeated the Nazis. I think that from what my grandpa told me, he was in the Air Force.

He told me he was wearing his uniform on the subway in Philadelphia, and there was these hippies cursing at him, trying to spit on him. And I think he still looks at that as one of his worst memories. Because, you know.

He told me he was wearing his uniform on the subway in Philadelphia, and there was these hippies cursing at him, trying to spit on him. And I think he still looks at that as one of his worst memories. Because, you know.

Yeah. And he was 19. He comes home and these kids are, you know. Baby killer. They're looking at him like he is the manifestation of, like, imperialism.

Yeah. And he was 19. He comes home and these kids are, you know. Baby killer. They're looking at him like he is the manifestation of, like, imperialism.

Unnecessary wars against communism. But the reality is, like, we've came a long way since then. I don't think that you still see protesters spiting service members. Sure. When you're against the Iraq war, you don't see a soldier in uniform and think, like, Fuck you. You say, fuck George Bush. Yeah. You go like, fuck the old guy that sent you to do that.

Unnecessary wars against communism. But the reality is, like, we've came a long way since then. I don't think that you still see protesters spiting service members. Sure. When you're against the Iraq war, you don't see a soldier in uniform and think, like, Fuck you. You say, fuck George Bush. Yeah. You go like, fuck the old guy that sent you to do that.

So I think that also like that really drove a generational wedge that made way for like that Reagan era.

So I think that also like that really drove a generational wedge that made way for like that Reagan era.

In terms of the VA benefits?

In terms of the VA benefits?

Yeah, I mean, I will say there is like certain small town environments that I've been in. Freeport, Pennsylvania, Algona, Iowa. Some outskirts of Duluth, Minnesota.

Yeah, I mean, I will say there is like certain small town environments that I've been in. Freeport, Pennsylvania, Algona, Iowa. Some outskirts of Duluth, Minnesota.

Where these are towns with like a thousand people or less.

Where these are towns with like a thousand people or less.