Just thinking about some of these "stolen valor" guys. Some of them are true scum-bags, but I think quite a few of them have a mental condition .....

that actually makes them believe they are soldiers or feel a desperate need to portray one. I kind of feel bad for the ones who are picked on and yelled at, when it's kind of obvious that they are in their own little world.
The ones who fake it for money or freebies are a different story though.

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TheOneyouwerewarnedabout · 41-45, MVIP

I’ve never been in the army, but got flashbacks looking at the rice paddies in Bali.. started quoting Major Payne..

puck61

@TheOneyouwerewarnedabout Yeah, every time Jimi Hendrix's version of "All Along the Watchtower" Plays, I roll around on the floor and scream "Sappers in the wire! Sappers in the wire!" , and I don't even know what that means! 😁

TheOneyouwerewarnedabout · 41-45, MVIP

@puck61 lolz.
Way too many Vietnam movies were made.. hamburger hill was always another fave

puck61

@TheOneyouwerewarnedabout I was post Vietnam era and that usually brings sneers from veterans who saw action. Glorified boy-scout with a less than illustrious record. The Army under Jimmy Carter was about as soft as it has ever been. They hadn't started the piss tests yet, and the drugs were unbelievable in Ft. Lewis, drugs, alcohol , and sex seemed to be 50% of soldiering for a good many troops.

cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

There was a teen who worked at Walmart as a cart pusher, every day was a new adventure in his fantasy mind, he would tell the most outlandish stories each day. One day he was telling me his second job was "landing" planes at the local military base for example. The next day he might be wearing a medical boot and have a big story to tell how he got injured doing something. I'm kind of thinking it's this kind of mentality that causes people to fake being a heroic decorated Veteran.

puck61

@cherokeepatti Right I use to volunteer at a kind of 'club ' for people with mental illnesses in Bellingham Washington, and there was this girl there who never wore anything but sterile fatigues. She was the MP. Some of the people being berated for 'stolen valor' are just like her. I think that's kind of silly and plain mean.

Miram · 31-35, F

I can't stand people who do it online for recognition and as an appeal to authority.

SteelHands · 61-69, M

They are mentally unbalanced. I've run into guys like that in bars. They're often extreme and want to start trouble if you call them out on their inaccuracies. Best to just let them alone. No need to try making a big fool of an idiot.

puck61

@SteelHands Damn straight. Some even get trident tattoos and such!

SteelHands · 61-69, M

@puck61 Annoyances like that and ones who call vets crazy are just annoyances.

Fk em. Just more nothin shit.

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