{"id":57783,"date":"2015-01-21T11:54:26","date_gmt":"2015-01-21T16:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=57783"},"modified":"2015-01-21T12:01:12","modified_gmt":"2015-01-21T17:01:12","slug":"mary-claire-caine-in-a-military-veteran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=57783","title":{"rendered":"Mary Claire Caine is a military veteran"},"content":{"rendered":"

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WSFB<\/a> tells the story of Mary Claire Caine who came out of a Harris Teeter store and found a nasty note taped to her car which she had parked in a designated veteran parking spot;<\/p>\n

It read, “Maybe [you] can’t read the sign you parked in front of. This space is reserved for those who fought for America….not you. Thanks, Wounded Vet.”<\/p>\n

Caine’s heart sank.<\/p>\n

“The first thing I felt was confusion that there was a mistake, and that I had to talk to this person and ask them why they were so quick to assume I wasn’t a veteran and that I was taking privileges that didn’t belong to me,” said Caine about the hurt she felt as she peeled the note off the window, tempted to crumple it up and throw it in the trash.<\/p>\n

“For a split second I thought, ‘Am I a worthy enough veteran to park in this spot?’ And, then I got very angry at myself for even considering that,” Caine recalled.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I spent time on Facebook yesterday apologizing for my people on the posts about this story. But, you know, there’s so much wrong with this story, I feel a need to shoot off my big mouth. Firstly, to the fellow who left the note; That scolding shit doesn’t work outside of Facebook. Who the Hell are you? The veterans’ parking police? Next time, grab your huevos<\/em> and ask someone to their face if they’re a veteran instead of sneaking around posting notes. I’ll bet you’re the same guy who comments on my Facebook posts after looking at the picture and not reading what I actually wrote.<\/p>\n

To Ms. Caine; So? It was a note crafted by an imbecile, don’t try to make all of us male veterans look like misogynist cretins. I know there are women who are veterans, I know a few. So crumple the note up and throw it away. If I saw a woman parking in a veteran spot, I’d naturally assume that she’s a veteran – the same way I’d feel seeing someone parked in a handicapped spot.<\/p>\n

Thanks Harris Teeter for recognizing veterans and our service. I remember the post-Vietnam days when veterans had to hunker down so that no one knew they were veterans, so even though I think that veterans parking spaces is a foolish idea, I appreciate the spirit in which it was given.<\/p>\n

Now, let’s all just go carry on, shall we?<\/p>\n