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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Many soldiers and veterans feel that that they have made huge sacrifices for which they were not adequately recognized or appreciated by the country. They also feel that they represented the country and lived a patriotism which other people have forgotten. Some of them take pride in the discipline and training they had, and contrast that to a civilian population which has gone soft and is incapable of rigor and commitment.
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I find this to be non-responsive. But I think my post was misleading. I should have said:
I really wish someone would explain this mindset, because it applies to cops as well as soldiers. The willingness of people who are not cops or soldiers to completely overlook lots of awful, terrible shit done by certain cops or soldiers because cops and soldiers generally take these jobs knowing they are dangerous jobs just makes absolutely no sense to me.
It's like, because you took a dangerous job that is often underappreciated, civilians think you should excuse or overlook acts that amount to crimes for anyone else.
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