Lots of vets here.
I have never served or claimed to
One reason you find it 'disturbing'. Do you have a problem with some jamoke claiming valor awards or purple hearts? If not, you aren't much different that this clown.
“Do you have a problem with some jamoke claiming valor awards or purple hearts? If not, you aren’t much different that this clown.”
I think it is a disgusting thing to do, and would merit a beat-down by those who did serve (without nanny-state interference); I don’t see adding another “protected class” with rules tailored to their gripes as a good thing.
Should married people in a bar be prohibited from posing as singles? The case could be made that it would benefit society if we stopped married people from BSing people to score...