I don't have a dog in this fight. I consider it a non-event relative to my life. I want to just remark that Meghan's husband Harry could have married a lot of others, I am sure. So, he must have seen some good qualities in her -
and he was aware that there would be a backlash against himself eventually. Since I have not taken any time to analyze this deeply, I would take her at face value - it seems she just wants to vocalize HER side of the story - every story has more than one side. What are her options? Write a book that no one reads or go on Oprah and get people to listen. It would seem to me to be VERY hard to get onto Oprah's show without being sincere. Plus Harry served in the Army - I give him Kudos for that. That was a humble thing to do.

I'll pass.

Family and country right or wrong......?......that is like some kind of blind tribalism. Modern man should have moved past that. I WISH it were true that MY family and country WERE right all the time. That is some dream world. That does NOT work for me - I reserve my right to be critical.

Whatever any member of my family or country does, I will back them to the hilt.
I don't have to like the reason or situation.
If that is 'tribal' so be it.
To me it is love and loyalty.

This is where most people who live in The Villages find they do not agree with this sentiment. I am one of them. We have the largest VFW in the country just outside The Villages. If you have not been to the Eisenhower Center, please go and see. I am a Patriot. Proud to be an American. That is my tribe, my group, my country.

I'll be the "medicine man" in that tribe:)

The world would be a better place if we all were bi-racial - we all had olive skin. That would cut down on the animosity. Maybe in 3 or 4 more generations?

My ex is Mexican. I'm Irish/Slovak, very pale, reddish hair. My kids looked like him except that one was very dark and one had my coloring. People commenting on that all the time and it was never in a racist/ugly way, just "isn't that funny/curious/interesting ... " I was never offended in the least. But it's a different world, in which everyone and everything is deemed racist to the point where that word has become meaningless.

kathy

That's all true, but a person can be both patriotic and critical at the same time. I believe in borders but at the same time, I try not to be ethnocentric. Blind patriotism vs critical patriotism - that is the issue here.

Don’t waste your time

nope.... doubt it very much, but guessing they may become even less relevant ?

Agree. So many people have lost the definition of loyalty... so many broken families, broken countries as a result.

You really believe those cry baby millennials !?!

A greater risk is being married to Markel.

I take all seven of the NY governor’s accusers at face value too. But I have no dog in that fight.