• solsangraal@lemmy.zip
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    2 months ago

    it’s still amazing to me that any military personnel still support trump after all the times he shat on the military

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      2 months ago

      Racism and guns are more important to them than respect for the military, even if they are that military

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          2 months ago

          This was my experience in the army as well. It was a grab bag of opinions because soldiers come from every part of the country and every walk of life.

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        2 months ago

        Military people are a cross-section of Americans at large, not a single bloc.

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          I only have responses that would be derogatory and biased against the military in general. And while I think one could apply your statement to most groups of people in any context, you do have a point.

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    2 months ago

    The true travesty isn’t that he did it, it’s that he was allowed to get away with it like he always is.

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      No but there’s a few more tidbits in the article like Jimmy McCain voting for Harris and the “ever-so-relevant” Meghan McCain:

      Despite her harsh criticisms of Trump, Meghan McCain indicated last week that she would still not endorse Harris. “I’m a lifelong, generational conservative,” she tweeted.

      I get your sentiment though.

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        The author could at least directly name them in the title. If it’s significant enough to write an article about, maybe name the guy.

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    2 months ago

    Just saw John McCain’s grave at Annapolis on the same day we went to Arlington. Got a private tour of the highest ranked graves. Most incredible thing? He’s only buried there bc his best friend, a fellow naval officer, vouched for him and pulled strings to have him buried there.

    It was so dope. I’m the only civilian to have accurately pointed at a headstone and said “isn’t that the dude who blew up a train bridge inland, defying the jurisdiction of the navy??”

    Yes, Lefty’s love America and are actual Patriots.

    Sauce: 1000129405

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    2 months ago

    The true travesty isn’t that he did it, it’s that he was allowed to get away with it, like he always is.

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      2 months ago

      judging by the outcry. i’m not sure about that, although i wonder why military twitter thinks about this one, they were mad about tim walz and his whole spiel that one time.

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    2 months ago

    Decries, slams, rips, fires… over sensationalized headlines don’t come from real journalists. Let the facts speak.