Any military families on? Have a sincere question and would like your feedback. Often at public events, and it feels like more and more often, the announcer will call out to...
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military personnel and veterans - to ask them to stand up and the audience applauds. Or they play "God Bless the USA" or songs like that. These are events unrelated to the military, not on a national holiday or anything. What are your thoughts on this? I have the greatest respect for our military and veterans and am not knocking acknowledging their service (and those of their families), but it just feels cheap to me at times, like the announcers or venue or organization do it to make themselves look good or please their fan base, at the expense of the military personnel. If it
feels good to be honored this way and everyone is happy, then I'm all for it. Just wondering how you perceive it. Thanks. I once heard that many veterans or current military members don't like being thanked for their service, because it either feels cheap or they feel like the general public or didn't serve can't understand why they serve or what they had to endure and it
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- This is the strangest place on the Internet to ask this question. 8-2-2017 1:53pm
- OP there are military spouses on here. Which is why I asked. 8-2-2017 1:57pm
- I think this will depend on the person. My father was in the armed services (no combat) and he's got his military discount and HATES it when he pays and then someone is like...(more) 8-2-2017 1:54pm
"Thank you for your service". He doesn't want to be thanked plus he feels guilty, he wasn't in a war or anything
- OP - thank you for the sincere reply. I feeled and respected but this just doesn't feel that way to me. As if the service of our military and veterans is honored by 20 second...(more) 8-2-2017 2:01pm
applause to people who feel good about themselves clapping but then go on their way.
- Military wife here. At times it feels cheap but it really depends on the event/situation. 8-2-2017 2:02pm
- OP - thank you so much for responding. I feel that if we don't clap then a veteran might feel offended, yet that's not why we wouldn't clap. We were at a comedy show and the...(more) 8-2-2017 2:09pm
comedian asked military personnel to identify themselves by standing up, including veterans and asked all to clap. He stretched it out and it felt like he was using this to pad the length of his show. Just bothered me. Feels like this is happening more and more in various places.
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