# Is this stolen valor?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-stolen-valor/698399>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 13, 2014, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-stolen-valor/698399 "2014-09-13T17:22:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2014, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-stolen-valor/698399/1 "2014-09-13T17:22:46Z")

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Damn. The world is going crazy when Real Live Ex-Navy Seals[sup]TM[/sup] [start lying about shit](http://edition.cnn.com/2014/09/04/justice/ohio-navy-seal-charges/?iref=obinsite).

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> A former U.S. Navy SEAL commando, motivational speaker and frequent guest on national news shows is accused of lying to investigators about the circumstances of a shooting at an Ohio mall, police said Thursday.

OK, he’s not lying about his service record or medals, and mostly it’s nobodies who pretend to be [decorated vets](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=731413&highlight=stolen+valor) to get attention, but good god. So yes, I know it’s not stolen valor, more like shoplifted bravery? Or is this just “making up shit to become famous?” without an official title?

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**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2014, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-stolen-valor/698399/2 "2014-09-13T20:49:06Z")

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I breathlessly await your Cafe Society thread that bears the title “Is this Stolen Valor?”

I keed, I keed. Just thought it looked weird that your thread was suddenly in MPSIMS, and suddenly had zero responses. 😃

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**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2014, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-stolen-valor/698399/3 "2014-09-13T23:14:13Z")

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> [@kaylasdad99](#):
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> I breathlessly await your Cafe Society thread that bears the title “Is this Stolen Valor?”
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> I keed, I keed. Just thought it looked weird that your thread was suddenly in MPSIMS, and suddenly had zero responses. 😃

I, too, thought it was the old thread.

I’m not sure valor _can_ be “stolen”.

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**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\
**Post date:** [September 13, 2014, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-stolen-valor/698399/4 "2014-09-13T23:19:04Z")

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Ditto. Was confused by how few posts there were.

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**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2014, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-stolen-valor/698399/5 "2014-09-14T00:40:25Z")

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> [@kaylasdad99](#):
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> I breathlessly await your Cafe Society thread that bears the title "Is this Stolen Valor?

You write the book, I’ll start the thread. 😉

I know it’s mundane and pointless and I wouldn’t have felt like I must share it, except because of that recent thread, I thought I’d give equal time to former military elite who make up shit.