Hi Laurie,
I owe you an apology for my terse comment above, written in haste upon seeing your LinkedIn post. On reflection, I do think the decision to kick you off the server was heavy handed. However, we should be considerate of users (inc students) whose parents, relatives, communities may have been maimed or murdered by members of the police or military, often acting outside the law, and very seldom if ever brought to justice or even identified. You can perhaps see how expressions of military pride (‘I am a veteran and I observe the silence’) might be, umm, problematic, for us in a space we have identified and chosen as supposedly safe.
Thanks and best wishes,
Matthew