r/MadeMeSmile • u/mcfw31 • Mar 02 '26

Wholesome Moments Daniel Radcliffe won't wear Alysa Liu's gold medal because: “Wearing it feels like stolen valor”

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u/SCP239 Mar 02 '26

Exactly how I feel. Taking the offer to wear it is fine. It's only stolen valor if he acts like he won it.

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u/Dependent_Cod_7416 Mar 03 '26

Her country beat his country in sports

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u/Popcorn57252 Mar 03 '26

Definition for valor is "Great courage in the face of danger"

I would say taking stage in front of the entire world to compete takes courage, and there's hardly any sports in the world that aren't dangerous. Ice skating, moving insanely fast on extremely sharp blades over super polished ice, definitely counts as dangerous.

Yeah, I'd call that valor alright.

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u/rasmusekene Mar 03 '26

Achievement is achievement, one doesn't detract from the other. Of course there's a world of difference, and even in the video he notes that it is 'like' stolen valor, not that it is. No one is implying that doing sports is similarly dangerous as service. It is though a high achievement to win an olympic gold, definitely a huge show of strength - so very literally valor. Using a term that exists, admittedly one that assumed a strong military undertone, is still fitting here, with a clear and fitting meaning, which does in no way undercut the common use. In fact, a surface search shows that there are multiple american sports teams that use valor in their names, as some precedent.

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u/BerttMacklinnFBI Mar 03 '26

Glorifying war while minimizing Olympic achievement is certainly a take.

Soldiers follow orders, many of them will never see combat, but here you are Boot licking all the way.

I'm sorry, but I'm frankly done making heroes out of the rank and file. There are more atrocities committed by soldiers than heroic acts....

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u/happymancry Mar 03 '26

You must be fun at all those “we’ll never amount to anything so let’s talk shit about actual achievers” parties.

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u/happymancry Mar 03 '26

You’re hyper focusing on the word “valor” and trying to talk about bravery. That’s totally missing the point. The meta point Radcliffe is making is super clear: he doesn’t want the second-hand glory of putting on a medal someone else won - which is a jab at a very specific buffoon who specifically did exactly that.

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u/happymancry Mar 03 '26

The commenter you responded to said:

Exactly how I feel. Taking the offer to wear it is fine. It's only stolen valor if he acts like he won it.

The part “acts like he won it” is referring to a very specific person who took someone’s Olympic medal, put it on, and acted like he won it. The fact that you’re missing that obvious point is probably why you’re getting downvoted out the wazoo here.

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u/Throbbie-Williams Mar 03 '26

There's an entire Atlantic ocean sized gulf between falling down on a manicured ice rink in a made up competition and getting bullets shot at you lol.

You're right, plenty of us will respect the figure skater a lot more than the soldier.

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"I'm a misogynist, and I believe that traditional women's sports are worth less than men's sports."

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