There are also a lot of people that join the military at age 17, get told how special they are every day, and they believe it.
A lot of them translate the respect they get for wearing the uniform for respect they deserve, which in turn turns to respect you owe them. And any slight to that ego response will result in a diatribe that starts with "I didn't put my life on the line so you could...!"
The Sailors and Marines in my department and in my squads we always keenly aware of where that line was. You aren't owed special treatment because you wear the uniform. You graciously accept it when it is offered. The pride in the uniform is pride in your service, and can translate into personal pride. You still chose to join, you weren't forced. I had several conversations with young men (never a woman, hmm) about hearing them say they didn't join so someone could do something they disagree with. Nip that shit in the bud.
A lot of them translate the respect they get for wearing the uniform for respect they deserve, which in turn turns to respect you owe them. And any slight to that ego response will result in a diatribe that starts with "I didn't put my life on the line so you could...!"
The Sailors and Marines in my department and in my squads we always keenly aware of where that line was. You aren't owed special treatment because you wear the uniform. You graciously accept it when it is offered. The pride in the uniform is pride in your service, and can translate into personal pride. You still chose to join, you weren't forced. I had several conversations with young men (never a woman, hmm) about hearing them say they didn't join so someone could do something they disagree with. Nip that shit in the bud.
"There remain four irreducible objections to religious faith: that it wholly misrepresents the origins of man and the cosmos, that because of this original error it manages to combine the maximum servility with the maximum of solipsism, that it is both the result and the cause of dangerous sexual repression, and that it is ultimately grounded on wish-thinking." ~Christopher Hitchens, god is not Great
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