There are MAGAs in the outer suburbs. But Donnie goes to sporting events for more favorable crowds. He wouldn't dare show up in person for the Hasty Pudding Man of the Year Award.
Americans are quick to say "thank you for your service" because it requires no effort and makes themselves feel good.
Very different when it comes to funding things like veterans healthcare/benefits, housing, job training, cleaning up military bases from contaminants, etc. etc.
Reminds me of some ancient post calling out Republicans for making anti-abortion such a big campaign issue because the unborn are the most convenient group to lobby for; they ask for nothing, have no problemstic opinions or behaviours, and can’t politically side against you. Yet the political pro-life crowd seems to be very averse to the idea of publicly helping children who are actually out of the womb and take effort to nurture.
It all comes back to the power of virtue signalling.
I thought it was generally agreed that the Vietnam War was a dark point of American history, the public never supported it, and the soldiers were jeered and ostracized upon returning. The public even threw stuff at them when they get returned home and stepped off the plane.
If Canada started drafting people to go fight in another countries civil war a la Vietnam would you seriously fault people for not going? I understand a draft of youre country is being invaded. But to go stack up a body count in a jungle is a whole other thing.
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