Calling war evil is not uncivil. That is how wars are perceived by people who live through them - there are massive non combatants populations suffering a lot.
Movies don't show that part or only as aside, that they make you feel it is all cool and heroic. But reality and memories of civilians who went through wars are in the realms of "that was evil".
I am not talking about war anywhere in the world by anyone.
War itself is uncivil. The way it was talked about here was no more uncivil then javascript frameworks are talked about.
It is absurd to demand that war is talked about with reverence and euphemisms. People can talk about it the way they talk about vim or emacs or cultural issues.
Frankly, the emotional reaction against the idea that war could be evil and not cool is likely one of reasons why military propaganda in games or sports bothers people. It is not just pushing people toward profession that is really necessary, it is pushing people to think war is cool and heroic. To like that and to ignore destruction it brinks.
Americans are scared of the truth and don't like being embarrassed - but the evil of their military crimes is not something that can be ignored, and there is absolutely nothing honourable about them.
So yes, be rude to the American war mongers you encounter, who forward the propaganda that theirs is an infallible military and a just state of affairs, because this is far, far from the truth. Such cowardice must be shunned, because - as we have seen recently, the USA is a psychopathic state hell bent on tearing itself apart before it commits further crimes against humanity around the world.
It could be that other people hold different values than you do. They might be fully aware and thinking, and still prefer military action that you detest.
Blind opposition can also exist. Maybe you need to re-evaluate your position.
Because the very real evil of America's wars is obvious, in plain view, for all to see.
“People tend to turn away from disasters such as a war gone bad very quickly. They turn away because it bothers them morally, but also because the carnage challenges their strongly held self-perception that their country is a force for good in the world,” said Tirman. “In the face of something horrible, people are much more likely to become indifferent than they are to protest. Oftentimes it’s even easier to just blame the victims for causing their own suffering.”
https://theintercept.com/2018/11/19/civilian-casualties-us-w...