Respect Yes, Gratitude No

Memorial Day is the time when Americans are supposed to be grateful for the people who have supposedly fought and died for our country.

I don’t wanna.

In my religion we don’t believe in no fightin’ and dyin’ We beleive that we are all one with each other and one with God. So if I were to shoot an ”enemy” soldier. I would be shooting myself, all my fellow humans and God. God doesn’t like being shot.

If you want to call me unpatriotic for thinking that go right ahead, I don’t mind.

I still respect the military. I respect anyone who does what they believe is right, even if I disagree. After all being a pacifist is all about accepting other people’s values and not having enemies. But respect and gratitude are two different things. So I can still respect soldiers. But gratitude?

I don’t think I can manage that