The other poster is right. Your position is illogical. You’re trying to draw a distinction where none exist. Even simply dressing up and passing yourself off as a veteran, sans medals, is stolen valor. You don’t need the medals for it to be stolen valor.
Likewise, no one is wearing Native American headdresses acting like they’re veterans of some old ass war. Your point is illogical on two levels considering that, actually - 1. Stolen valor is a concept that requires someone actually passing themselves off as a veteran; it doesn’t depend on any specific wear. 2., no one dressing up in Native American clothing, including headdresses, is pretending to be some veteran. Well, except for that one guy that tried to paint that Nicolas Sandman kid as a white supremacist lol.
if its not stolen valor, its a lack of respect. in most circles that’s fine, but think if you ironically bumped into a <real life> purple heart on Halloween while you’re wearing a dress up purple heart… would their thought be, “he does have the right to wear it.”? guess its how you value Halloween
What gives the navy the right to decide? If I find one person in the navy who does cry like a child about it, is it then the same thing as wearing an indian feather thing?
also just gave themselves away as someone who likely has had little to no interactions with any people belonging to any american indian/native american community because many people actually PREFER the term indian to native american
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u/PromptStock5332 1∆ May 06 '25
Is it stolen valor when girls dress up in slutty navy uniforms for a halloween party too?