I barely hear a very soft voice echoing away into silence:
“… the military is prohibited to operate on US soil in acts of enforcing law against its citizens …”
And now we’ll find out where the military stands. This is a tipping point.
They fired all the top generals, pretty much, so we will indeed see if our soldiers read and took to heart the oath they swore. They are legally obligated, under the UCMJ, to refuse unlawful orders and fortunately the UCMJ is quite explicit in which orders are to be determined unlawful.
Our military actually operates on a bottom-up model, so firing top generals doesn’t really do much.
That’s concerning, because I’ve found they are less likely to fight against this; many of them are Maga white supremacists who take out their anger that should be against the very government that left them broken, but they lash out against immigrants, lgbtq, woand women. I’ve dealt with the rank-and-file military over the years, that’s how I know. I have little to no respect for the institution now, much less its members. I wanted to join the service but bullshit like this kept me back, and this was pre-Trump.
“There’s a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state. The other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people.”
Godsdammit so say we all.
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this, combined with what pam bomb-me said the other day, would mean that the military could be quartered in your home on suspicion that you are harboring enemies of the established government. that government is also now bypassing representation by taxing the public via tarriffs.
the words evade me. do they need fucking trefoil hats and bright red coats, too?
edit - they’re literally making you pay a tax you didn’t ask for on british tea. i mean, come on
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I support you. Chronically internet driven people like person replying to you generally don’t talk to veterans, don’t understand the military, and don’t really care about you.
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Clock’s ticking. Shit or get off the pot, Mr. or Mrs. Talk.
Until then, you go in the same group.
that it’s fine to kill civs in other brown countries but not your own?
fuck your oath.
You sure you’re a veteran? You immediately cut and run at the first sign of trouble?
Those colors are super runny, I guess. Must be watercolors.
Sorry I offended you.
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Anyone who confronts you is a troll?
Cognitive dissonance sure is comforting.
2020 was the first time in decades that the majority of active duty military voted blue.
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None. They are fucking eunuchs or worse still they totally favor all of this.
There it is.
Unrelated side note: Is anyone else watching Andor?
If we could stop accelerating into full-blown fascism, that would be great. Stay safe out there.
Holy fuck
That can’t be good.
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So much for the Posse Comitatus Act
A whole lot of oath keepers forgetting what they swore to it seems.
Pretty rich coming from a convicted FELON and adjudicated RAPIST who ILLEGALLY attempted to overturn an election.
If you don’t own a firearm, now is the time.
Buy guns. Help others buy guns. Train. Help others train.