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minus-squareGrumpyDucklinglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down3·1 month agoPeople join when they’re 17 and only stay in for 4-8 years usually.
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mlBanned from communitylinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down31·1 month agoThe only veterans I respect are the ones that become anti-US by the time they get out. If they’re wishing for the good ol’ days when they could be proud of the US, fuck em.
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down3·1 month agoI see it more as a wish to return to innocence. I wish I could go back to the good ol days before I realized how bad things were. It was a comfortable and relaxed ignorance.
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mlBanned from communitylinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down12·edit-21 month agoYou mean back when you supported the empire? Ignorance is bad. I’m glad I know the truth.
minus-squaresurewhynotlem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoWay before then. Back when I didn’t bother to vote because I didn’t realize it was important. But I agree, knowing is better.
minus-squareGrumpyDucklinglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·1 month agoA lot of them are really brainwashed about it. But at least they have real beleifs, plus if you say “thank you for your service” they’ll vote for you.
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mlBanned from communitylinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down6·edit-21 month agoI will only say “thank you for your service” to people who deserve it, like fire fighters and bus drivers and nurses.
People join when they’re 17 and only stay in for 4-8 years usually.
The only veterans I respect are the ones that become anti-US by the time they get out.
If they’re wishing for the good ol’ days when they could be proud of the US, fuck em.
I see it more as a wish to return to innocence.
I wish I could go back to the good ol days before I realized how bad things were. It was a comfortable and relaxed ignorance.
You mean back when you supported the empire?
Ignorance is bad. I’m glad I know the truth.
Way before then. Back when I didn’t bother to vote because I didn’t realize it was important.
But I agree, knowing is better.
A lot of them are really brainwashed about it. But at least they have real beleifs, plus if you say “thank you for your service” they’ll vote for you.
I will only say “thank you for your service” to people who deserve it, like fire fighters and bus drivers and nurses.