Why Do People Hate the Military?

I have been in the United States Air Force for almost a year now. I recently got back from a six month tour in Iraq and spent last week in Hollywood, CA, doing the whole tourist thing. You should know that I am fiercely proud to be in the military and that I wore my uniform everywhere I went.

Here's what bothers me; about half of the people I met either thanked me or simply didn't care about my uniform. But the other half... they were downright nasty. I was verbally assaulted and abused several times, and one woman even spit on me. I simply ignored them and continued on my way, but it really bothered me inside. Another woman called me a baby-killer, and when I informed her that I have never killed a single person in my life and likely never would since I was a mechanic, she scoffed and said "All men in the military are baby-killers!"

Now, I understand that Hollywood is a very liberal place, that not everybody is like that, and that some people just have a real problem with the military. But I want to know what would possess someone to go up to a soldier they've never met and start calling them names and accusing them of something they've never done. Why are these people so rude and inconsiderate?

What do you think of people who act in that fashion? And what are your thoughts on the military in general?

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