Serving the Public Violence

Where do I begin?

I have a close relative who was in the military. They chose to get out because it was not as represented. Luckily, this relative was never deployed, but they have friends that were. They still are attached to those friends, they had many good experiences and had developed close relationships with them.

Anyone who has family in the military knows that the people who sign up do so out of love for their country, out of a call to do service. No one is signing up to go kill someone. It is a profound pledge to protect one´s family, community, and nation. That is why the criticism should always be towards the government officials and their policies, not on the military members who are in service. They represent the best and the brightest, they should not be put in harm´s way for some elite agenda.

I am not living in the United States now. I left in 2017 because I could not, and to this day still do not, agree to the policies of the government or to the direction the society is moving. I am an old hippy but also have acquired the wisdom to know that many traditional and conservative values need to be maintained for the health of our society.

Last week, I received a call from the University of Indiana. My relative was thinking of attending a class there through the G.I. bill.

Let me back up a bit.

I have been paying attention to social media, witnessing the angry calls for inclusion and diversity. D.E.I. policies are all the thing now. I see a bunch of angry people. It is a far cry from my old hippy days when we were flipping peace signs at each other and wearing love beads; not yelling at people and flipping the middle finger. I also have seen posts made by people who consider anything that does not affirm their convictions to be direct mental attacks.

Back to the call.

A young woman called to deliver a message about my relative´s application to get funding through Veteran´s Affairs for the degree program. She said it would take a bit more time because there was a problem receiving the transcripts. My relative began having some misgivings about this university, they misplaced his transcripts? His delivery receipts showed they had been delivered.

So, my relative took note of the information and asked the young woman her name.

She said Violence.

My relative was really taken aback! Was this woman playing a game, what was going on? He asked her again and she said Violence. He asked her to spell it and she did. V.I.O.L.E.N.C.E.

She stated this in a totally calm voice. My relative said thanks and ended the call.

Do you know what being triggered is? It is when you are a Vet and someone tells you their name is Violence. I became scared and angry, was someone threatening us? We were very upset and began thinking someone was trying to play a really cruel joke.

I question why anyone would be in a position to serve the public with this name. What organization would hire someone to serve their clients with this name?

I do not understand what is happening in the U.S.

We decided to look more into this.

Here she is:

VIOLENCE

I have never seen anything like this. All in the name of D.E.I.? Really?

Do I now have to be on the lookout for Rapist Williams, Cut-Throat Thomson, and Killa Smith?

It is truly a clown world.

This person called my house. So I am sharing my reaction to it and I do not even know if I got the pronouns correct…God, I am glad I do not live there.