Yesterday, by someone who is "tolerant and loving" and anti-military, I got called a murder and psycho. Things like this shouldn't bother me. But they do and I hate it. I hate it, because when I got called this I was the one who was told to be quiet and move on. I got directly and blatantly insulted in a manner that shouldn't be accepted....and I..me...I'm the one getting told to move on after being insulted. This isn't the first time this has happened. It probably won't be the last. Its something I have to accept. People don't like the military. People don't like that we are trained to be killers. In a way, I get it. I really do. That doesn't make it right.

A black person is not evil because he is black and listens to rap.
A Christian is not good because they are Christian and go to church.

My father, a retired officer of the U.S. Air Force, is not an evil man.
My grandfathers, both veterans of the Army and Air Force, are not evil men.
My uncles are not evil men.
My cousins are not evil people.
My best friend is not an evil man. A douche bag sometimes, but not evil...not in the slightest.

Saying I'm a murderer because I was military is like saying I'm a criminal because I'm black. I guess I should expect this. I should be used to it. It shouldn't bother me. But...it does. It bothers me that in a world of people losing their shit over implied insults/prejudice that I can be directly and specifically insulted in such a manner and people just brush it off like it doesn't matter. It bothers me that I have to just simply endure this blatant bigotry and act like it doesn't matter because that's the best way to keep things civil.

I can threaten people and EASILY follow through with those threats. That's not who I am though. That doesn't breed better understanding or better treatment of people. So...I just have to endure. I have to endure while bigots and assholes think that I'm the one with a problem.

...I wish it didn't bother me. But...It does. So what should I do now?