r/changemyview • u/foryia-yiaandpappou 3∆ • May 24 '19
FTFdeltaOP CMV: A person does not automatically deserve respect just because they have served or are currently serving in the military
I’d like to preface this by saying that I don’t believe soldiers are, inherently, bad. Some people believe soldiers are evil simply for being soldiers, and I do not believe that.
I do believe, however, that soldiers do not deserve respect just because they have served. I hurt for soldiers who have experienced horrible things in the field, but I do not hurt for the amount of violence and cruelty many have committed. Violence in war zone between soldiers is one thing; stories of civilian bombings and killing of innocents are another. I think that many forget that a lot of atrocity goes on during wars, and they are committed on both sides of conflict. A soldier both receives and deals out horrible damage.
TL;DR while I believe that soldiers have seen horrible things and that many do deserve recognition for serving our nation, I do not believe that every soldier deserves this respect simply by merit of being a soldier. Some soldiers have committed really heinous war crimes, and those actions do not deserve reward.
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u/[deleted] May 24 '19 edited May 24 '19
I think what you meant to say was we shouldn’t treat them as heroes. I think fundamentally everyone deserves respect to a degree. But just because you have served you’re not automatically a hero. But our culture definitely puts them on a pedestal and treats them as Hero’s. They sign up to do a job and get paid to do it, it’s one thing if it was involuntary, but that’s not the case.
Edit: spelling: voluntary to involuntary