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Huh?
Where's the conspiracy theory?
A Kentucky colonel is a thing, and it's been around much longer than Sanders. Nor has it ever been a secret that's what he was, rather than a military officer.
Or is this a joke post?
If not, I'm really interested in the conspiracy theory because I've never run across it at all, despite having seen a lot, including a couple of documentaries and short form videos, about Sanders over the years.
I only heard about the Kentucky Colonel thing today while browsing wikipedia. I thought it was interesting that he was never in the military, and I wanted to post about it. I thought it might be funny to call it a conspiracy theory as a little bit of a prank, but Lemmy users are too smart to fall for My tricks, so I've removed the prank from the post.
Disclaimer: I knew nothing about him until this moment other than his image at KFC restaurants.
A short wiki search comes up with Kentucky Colonel which is an order of merit given by the state of Kentucky. This is a real award given by Kentucky, and Sanders legitimately received it.
You didn't learn anything today.
From Wikipedia
In 1930, the Shell Oil Company offered Sanders a service station in North Corbin, Kentucky, rent-free, in return for paying the company a percentage of sales.
Sanders began to serve chicken dishes and other meals such as country ham and steaks. Initially he served the customers in his adjacent living quarters before opening a restaurant.
It was during this period that Sanders was involved in a shootout with Matt Stewart, a local competitor who had painted over a sign directing traffic to Sanders's station. Stewart killed a Shell employee who was with Sanders, and was convicted of murder, eliminating Sanders's competition.