The veteran homeless thing always confused me. Like he’s homeless and disabled, so society doesn’t respect him at all. Is there some inherent understanding with boomers that the only way americans would respect their military is if they are a constant caricature of suffering?
I’m not an American, so I’m an outsider looking in, but I think the reason they do this stuff is so they can loudly announce that they “support the troops” without actually needing to interact with an actual homeless or mentally ill veteran. They imagine their enemies “hate” the troops and so compare themselves to an imaginary enemy so they can feel better about themselves.
The veteran homeless thing always confused me. Like he’s homeless and disabled, so society doesn’t respect him at all. Is there some inherent understanding with boomers that the only way americans would respect their military is if they are a constant caricature of suffering?
Probably not, just self conscious brainworms.
I’m not an American, so I’m an outsider looking in, but I think the reason they do this stuff is so they can loudly announce that they “support the troops” without actually needing to interact with an actual homeless or mentally ill veteran. They imagine their enemies “hate” the troops and so compare themselves to an imaginary enemy so they can feel better about themselves.