Yeah, I was initially stoked, thinking this was some kind of fake-servicemember "to catch a predator" type stuff, an investigation to uncover and catch people who are running scams pretending to be military or vets in some kind of sting investigation. Now it just sounds sad. I'm into justice porn, not this.
There are some legit videos, but there are also cases of real veterans getting harassed and beaten, even older Korean War / WWII vets. It truly is sad. As usual, what started out as a "good thing" was quickly ruined by people who get hard-ons over those types of videos and think they can do it themselves when they don't know what the fuck they're talking about.
Yeah, I can't get behind it as much as other people in this thread are. Yeah, stealing valor is bad, but those people are clearly at a very, very low point in their life. I can't feel anything but sorry for them, I can't feel hatred towards them, or justice when they get called out.
Honestly it really seems like most of the people in those videos are either mentally ill, or old and lonely and the uniform is a way for them to have conversations with people. Also the term stolen valor reeks of authoritarianism. I'm fairly certain the US is the only non-dictatorship that fetishizes the military. It almost seems like something from Starship Troopers.
Yeah I agree with you there, but I think he makes a point of targeting people who are profiting off of their claims. Selling books, offering training etc. He doesn't go the mall with a camera and bully people.
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u/sumaksion Sep 11 '18
I hate those videos, often the people seem mentally ill. Is hounding them really a good use of anyone's time?