# People with 'Support the Troops' bumper stickers: why?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-support-the-troops-bumper-stickers-why/641864>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 22, 2012, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-support-the-troops-bumper-stickers-why/641864 "2012-11-22T22:11:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2012, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-support-the-troops-bumper-stickers-why/641864/62 "2012-12-22T23:34:37Z")

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> [@olivesmarch4th](#):
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> I think there are many pro-military types who truly confuse hating the military with hating the war. I don’t think there are very many people out there who actually hate the troops (I’ve certainly never met one, and I have a lot of radical colleagues) or who blame the troops for the actions of our government, but there is this persistent notion facilitated by right-wing propaganda that these two things are equivalent..

I left a message board back in the day because when I mentioned my husband was deployed I got told they hoped he would get killed because he was military and involved in the war.

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**Author:** ![Bambro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df705f/32.png) [@Bambro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambro)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-support-the-troops-bumper-stickers-why/641864/64 "2013-01-30T17:13:52Z")

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> [@pgsmith](#):
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> Lol i ever encourage the stickers which bring smile one the faces of others.

The blue goose flies at midnight.

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**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-with-support-the-troops-bumper-stickers-why/641864/65 "2013-01-30T18:42:20Z")

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This is timely, because yesterday I saw one that said “If you’re not willing to stand behind our troops, feel free to stand in front of them.” I wonder how many people this person met that hate the troops…apparently enough to purchase a bumper sticker that advocates their death.

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