• Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.ca
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    15 hours ago

    This photo brings up a question I have.

    I don’t know if there are any active service members here on Lemmy. And if there are, if they’re even free to express an answer to this question.

    But I was wondering what it must feel like for a serving soldier to be compelled to stand at attention and salute this man; this National Guard wash-out that has never actually served any day in his life but suddenly found himself in a position where men and women FAR better than him, have to salute him.

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      15 hours ago

      I was in the military, but I was kicked out because my penis snitched on my nose. Anyway, the entire time in there sucked. I had an instant after school hours where my house was hit in a drive by, my daughter had a bullet pass 2” by her leg and embed into a dresser next to her. My wife was freaking out. The officer in charge of my quarters didn’t let me go home to soothe my family, said there’s nothing I could do either way, and made me stay there mopping a fucking floor for the next four hours.

      The military is filled with pieces of shit.

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          14 hours ago

          There was cocaine involved, then a base wide urinalysis the next morning. I learned, go figure, they were cracking down on a group of enlistees who were selling the drug on base. Go figure because I knew nothing about that; my story is more stupid, reckless and unexciting. I had gotten drunk and did some surprise cocaine at the bar with my civilian family member, the night before.

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            13 hours ago

            Honestly you line up with how some old Nam GIs I grew up around got caught, though for them it was weed and ended with that officer getting sent back in a box. Not even by them, he pissed off some other unit on his way to go snitch.

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          15 hours ago

          Probably just offered to share some cocaine with the hot CO in order to get laid. We’ve all been there.

  • homes@piefed.world
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    1 day ago

    yeah, into “white, straight, cisgendered, christian men” and “dishonorable discharge”

    neo-nazi fuckbag

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      I think this could actually work in the public’s favor. Yeah your average boot may be a chud, but you’ll find the number of knuckle draggers decreases on the way up. And I would love to see the armed services run by the neanderthals. We have already witnessed operational degeneration with them only a year in trying this. And with the new “personal weapons must be allowed on base” will result in a bunch of wild west shoot outs, and a few really desperate dudes doing big mass shootings.

      I wish Canadians would take us over, I would welcome our poutine bearing overlords with glee. But we all know we will(or maybe already are) become a ruzzian or China’s vassal.

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        On the one hand, sure. On the other hand, fuck man a military that is completely compliant with the president would spell the literal end of democracy.

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          16 hours ago

          It should eat its self first. The economic fire is going out to sustain such a military beast. Dumping US bonds would do wonders for the situation

  • SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Only the most elite and patriotic people of highest birth are allowed to fight in our toughest, wars. Hesgeth is the pinnacle of the human species, we NEED him on the front line, immediately.

    … No, he’s immortal and a genius and doesn’t need weapons or armor, just let his words fight for him. He was chosen by god, you should even put him in a bright orange and lime jumpsuit and give him a megaphone and just drop him out of a plane. What a guy! An angel, even! Probably even has wings and doesn’t need a parachute!

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      21 hours ago

      even banning trans people from enlistment is intentional for keeping people they don’t like down. historically in america military service has been a MASSIVE social stepping stone for the underprivileged. it’s hard for them to call you a coward when you fought in a war for them. it’s hard for them to say you would be a bad neighbor when you were a good brother in arms.

      many black families used it as their first step out of poverty and into acceptance. now trans people, who are derided as cowards and corrupting influences on your community, are being denied that privilege. vance and co. are very aware of this.

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      That’s a good way to keep people closed minded and trained. When they are not exposed to people different from them, they can keep their bigoted ignorant thoughts.

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    1 day ago

    The archive.is and archive.today sites have been caught changing text of articles to fit the Russian narrative.

    I can’t say I know of an alternative.

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    1 day ago

    We need you to die for us, but only if you have the right genitals.

    Genitals win or lose wars, apparently.

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    1 day ago

    Put brown people at the most dangerous places.

    The military has a long history of doing that.