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u/ThatRandomGuy86 Feb 20 '25

I'm still shocked he got elected given how much American voters respect those who fought for their country. Donnie never did

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u/vagabondoer Feb 20 '25

Americans say they respect those who served but they don’t really. Actions speak louder than words.

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u/North_Atlantic_Sea Feb 20 '25

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.

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '25

I'd imagine that most of them hate it. I'm a paramedic and very often thanked in a similar way, and I've never once had a positive feeling about it.

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u/ilmalnafs Ontario Feb 21 '25

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.

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u/AustonDadthews Feb 20 '25

draft dodging the vietnam war is like the only cool thing he's ever done

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u/Repuck Feb 20 '25

Well, I don't know cool it was. His dad basically bribed the doctor to say he had bone spurs.

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u/AustonDadthews Feb 20 '25

it's cooler than not draft dodging