January 9, 2019 ? NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT APPRECIATION DAY

[Great-Kazoo]

Since this area is heavily populated with former / retired .mil and the VA is down the road. I get a lot, like every day lot, of Thank you For not only your Service, but Sacrifice.

Oh no this isn't service related, oh well thank you anyway.

I feel like it's Stolen Valor, when what happened has absolutely no relation to .mil service and continually stress that to people. Like they tune it out.

[cstone]

Since this area is heavily populated with former / retired .mil and the VA is down the road. I get a lot, like every day lot, of Thank you For not only your Service, but Sacrifice.

Oh no this isn't service related, oh well thank you anyway.

I feel like it's Stolen Valor, when what happened has absolutely no relation to .mil service and continually stress that to people. Like they tune it out.

But you told me you barely made it to the chopper only your leg couldn't keep up.

[CS1983]

Service-related thanks aren't necessarily about you. A lot of times the one being thanked is acting as a proxy for all the others they cannot thank.

[KevDen2005]

Service-related thanks aren't necessarily about you. A lot of times the one being thanked is acting as a proxy for all the others they cannot thank.

Mind-Blown

Now I feel even worse about feeling undeserving.

[Irving]

"Virtue signaling" that's the word I was looking for. It feels like conservative virtue signaling sometimes. I'll admit being guilty of it when I was younger (buying lunch for officers behind me in line, etc.). Now I tend to do that only when I know people, or if by appearances, it especially looks like they need it. And then, it's best discreet and for another reason (e.g. "your service")

So no meals for fat cops?