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Circumstantial flummery from a would-be spoonbean hustler.

Poetic facestabs.

In Arlington we lay to rest
our bravest and our very best.
We send our children off to war
defending what we soon ignore.

“You’re free to worship,” so we say.
“But if you’re muslim, go away.”
Is this what they were dying for:
Intolerance, and nothing more?

Must one be christian to obtain
the liberties that we proclaim?
These soldiers died for liberty.
They didn’t die for bigotry.

So look upon this hallowed field,
not only crosses are revealed.
For you’ll see stars and crescents too.
They also sacrificed for you.

In Arlington we lay to rest
our bravest and our very best.
They knew what they were dying for.
It’s something that we can’t ignore.

– Joe G, Sr. Master Sargeant, Ret., USAF (via reddit)