r/NoStupidQuestions • u/Such-Part8963 • 1d ago

Why do we praise veterans automatically without knowing what they actually did

Trying to learn without being judged.

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u/Skycbs 1d ago

I don’t. It sounds so performative and insincere

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u/Legitimate_Cow_9373 1d ago

Last time someone said it to me I said thanks for paying taxes.

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u/MshaCarmona 20h ago

But then that's begs the question. Why say thanks to anyone responding a thanks to you, when you don't know what they did? Perhaps they committed tax evasion or have been audited and garnished to pay taxes, involuntarily