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WanderingEng  ·  3394 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: If You're Lying About Being a Navy SEAL, This Man Will Catch You

    where did all this elusive valor come from, anyway?

Mostly from those yellow magnets (not stickers) that baby boomers put on their cars when we invaded Iraq in 2003. I served but never deployed. I think what bothers people like Shipley isn't that the public thinks these people are heroes but that they're pretending to be part of a family you can only be a part of through shared experiences.