Right so in other words, the civilian - military relationship on this board should be defined.
This is a general comment, not directed specifically to you Redneck
I keep hearing this remark about how civilians come here to deliberately insult soldiers as a problem here. I simply dont see this. While I grant you there are people in the world that are disrespectful of military servicepeople, but I have yet to met one here on this forum aside from the occasional 13 year old whom are short lived here anyway.
Civilians, (espicially those who stay for a spell) come here because they are interested by the military, by that very definition there is an admiration by us civvies for those who have served. I have a hard time accepting the notion that there are people who come here to deliberetly insult soldiers, espicially those of us civvies who have been here awhile. This forum is not what I call hippy friendly last time I checked. We do have a trolling problem in general as of late, but that applies to both civvies, and servicepeople.
On the rare moments I have seen something a "military bashing" accusation, its almost entirely because of a failure to read or understand the persons post. I suspect the issue of it being a "deliberate" attempt is perhaps more imagined then anything else, at least as far as Milforum goes.
If some says something that is interpreted to be insulting to soldiers 9/10 it isnt meant to be, so think, before jumping down someones throat. You can of course disagree, but dont expect someone to change their mind or apologize simply because it is insulting to you. Nor is something you find insulting, automatically wrong either. The absolute worse thing you can do is to get on a podium and start to preach, because I guerentee you that not only will it not work, but you willl make the situation even worse. NOBODY, (civilian or military) likes to be patronized.
Maybe its just me, and that I dont get it. Other than that, I agree with the rest of the suggestions made.