• prole
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    10 months ago

    Do they still do them? Seems like something Republicans would be up in arms about.

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      10 months ago

      Yes they do! It’s an army tradition that goes back to the union army in the civil war. Also, it definitely is a culture war talking point, mostly by the twitter faction of the Republican party