Because most are American, and most Americans are conditioned to say “thank you for your service” when they hear someone was in the military. Plus the Nazis & Wehrmacht weren’t vilified to the same extent as say, the Japanese were. In fact the Wehrmacht were whitewashed after the war, playing down their role in the Holocaust & mass killings in order to rehabilitate west Germany into a liberal anti-communist bastion.
So the American Redditor reads someone fought the Soviets (which they have also been indoctrinated to hate) and concludes: person in military + fought America’s enemy = “thank you for your service”.
This also applies to Americans Lite (Canadians), they hear some guy fought the Soviets in WW2 and whaddya know they’re giving a standing ovation to a literal nazi
Not a Nazi, but didn’t want anyone to know he was in the Nazi army. The use of the term ”served” here is pretty fucked up.
I wonder if any of the Redditors thanked him for his service like they did in the Nazi grandfather ama
Wtf why are reddit users like that
Because most are American, and most Americans are conditioned to say “thank you for your service” when they hear someone was in the military. Plus the Nazis & Wehrmacht weren’t vilified to the same extent as say, the Japanese were. In fact the Wehrmacht were whitewashed after the war, playing down their role in the Holocaust & mass killings in order to rehabilitate west Germany into a liberal anti-communist bastion.
So the American Redditor reads someone fought the Soviets (which they have also been indoctrinated to hate) and concludes: person in military + fought America’s enemy = “thank you for your service”.
This also applies to Americans Lite (Canadians), they hear some guy fought the Soviets in WW2 and whaddya know they’re giving a standing ovation to a literal nazi