Fake Veteran Brags About Getting Free Food

Troll Alert: Fake Veteran on Veteran's Day

When we post on stories like Free Meals for Veterans on Remembrance Day, one question always lingers in the backs of our minds: what about people who cheat? How many people taking advantage of these deals are fake veterans?

Some troll called Johnnyb34435 has admitted to being just such a fake veteran. In a YouTube clip called "Veterans Day Fun?", this guy brags about dressing up in a "military costume" on Veterans Day, and going out to collect the freebies.

Whether or not he really did this (he doesn't have a very convincing military look about him, and wouldn't be old enough to be a vet of anything beyond Gulf War I), the anger he stirred up is quite real.

This used to be a crime, actually: The Stolen Valor Act was passed in 2005, but ruled unconstitutional five years later. The Federal Government wants an appeal; this is pretty much the sort of thing they had in mind when pushing the bill.

The trolling continued: this guy posted another video, trolling vets about trolling them earlier.

We never thought we'd read a YouTube comments stream and approve. When you use the term "sheeple" in the video description, you give the comments nowhere to go but down.

(found via viralviralvideos)

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