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Is it wrong for me not to want to serve veterans? (hexbear.net)
submitted 3 years ago by darkchapofantasy@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net
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I work in medicine, and one of the hospitals in our system is the VA. I have literally no interest in serving veterans; people who fight in wars for America pretty much stand and act against everything I believe in. It's not necessarily that I think these people don't deserve great healthcare, it's that I don't want to be the one giving it to them. I would much rather spend my time serving people from my community who didn't spend large parts of their lives wrecking other communities.

Sure, some of my patients anywhere are going to be complete assholes. Sure, there are a lot of veterans who weren't involved in combat (but they did directly aid those in combat at least, right?). Idk, is there a perspective I'm not seeing here? Is it wrong for me to be morally opposed to working for the VA?

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[–] darkchapofantasy@hexbear.net 1 points 3 years ago

Would you not help a cop?

Hmmmmm

if that’s how you feel then you should try to transfer away from military locations

That's what I'm debating here. It's not that I don't want the people to receive healthcare, it's that I feel like my time would be better spent at other hospitals in my community. It's a challenging decision I think.