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
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