It’s easy homeboy, repeat after me-
“mommy went away to the place that the people I voted for sent her, with the money I gave them, and my job is to make sure she doesn’t come back. Now give me a hug and try not to be so brown.”
I read the article, and it does not say who he voted for anywhere. I understand what you’re assuming since he is in the military, but we can’t be sure that this man voted for Trump unless you have different information.
Edit: people are downvoting me, but everything I said is true. I’m not saying he didn’t vote for Trump, just that it doesn’t say it in this article.
It does not say what he voted, but every single one of his statements on the political implications of what is happening clearly shows this person either to be a Trumpist at worst or a political apatheist at best.
“I’m all for ‘get the criminals out of the country … But my wife was one of the good ones”. Classic right winger “it is not bad until it happens to me or one of my loved ones” material.
If he didn’t vote for Trump, he would be accusing Trump of having his wife abducted, because it would be obvious. He’s trying to reconcile his own actions with the destruction of his family and he’s coming up short.
Do you mind if I ask you - I’ve always been curious how anyone could join the military and not bother with politics. Don’t they want to know what they might be sent to fight for? Is it just blind trust that the government will use the military wisely, or is it being young and dumb and possibly poor, or is it the appeal of the GI bill? Or - you’ve mentioned Bush and I assume you mean W, not HW, and if so you must be roughly my age. Did they mostly join in response to 9/11?
Either Bush, really. The kids I knew joined right before 9-11.
They are literally children. Some sign up at 16 even. It’s a mix of poor education and propaganda. “The military defends the rights of the people” etc. Since you can’t openly shit talk your superior officers or question their orders, it makes political propaganda more effective. I tried telling people we were going to murder brown people so corpos could get more money and they said, “ no, we are bringing freedom and stopping terrorists.”
A huge component was that it’s standard practice for Republican administrations to give better raises for service members.
It was honestly a nightmare of ignorant psychopaths. But tbf, there were quite a few people like me who just wanted to get away from shitty homes, get an education etc and joined before the large “wars.” We tried to teach, complained, and got out asap.
It’s easy homeboy, repeat after me- “mommy went away to the place that the people I voted for sent her, with the money I gave them, and my job is to make sure she doesn’t come back. Now give me a hug and try not to be so brown.”
I read the article, and it does not say who he voted for anywhere. I understand what you’re assuming since he is in the military, but we can’t be sure that this man voted for Trump unless you have different information.
Edit: people are downvoting me, but everything I said is true. I’m not saying he didn’t vote for Trump, just that it doesn’t say it in this article.
It does not say what he voted, but every single one of his statements on the political implications of what is happening clearly shows this person either to be a Trumpist at worst or a political apatheist at best.
“I’m all for ‘get the criminals out of the country … But my wife was one of the good ones”. Classic right winger “it is not bad until it happens to me or one of my loved ones” material.
If he didn’t vote for Trump, he would be accusing Trump of having his wife abducted, because it would be obvious. He’s trying to reconcile his own actions with the destruction of his family and he’s coming up short.
I was in the military a long time ago. Never voted Trump.
Also, thank you for reading the article before commenting.
If you were in the military then you know it’s full of maga chuds
It was certainly full of people that supported Bush.
It was mostly just kids that didn’t know anything. Most of them never even bothered with politics.
Do you mind if I ask you - I’ve always been curious how anyone could join the military and not bother with politics. Don’t they want to know what they might be sent to fight for? Is it just blind trust that the government will use the military wisely, or is it being young and dumb and possibly poor, or is it the appeal of the GI bill? Or - you’ve mentioned Bush and I assume you mean W, not HW, and if so you must be roughly my age. Did they mostly join in response to 9/11?
Either Bush, really. The kids I knew joined right before 9-11.
They are literally children. Some sign up at 16 even. It’s a mix of poor education and propaganda. “The military defends the rights of the people” etc. Since you can’t openly shit talk your superior officers or question their orders, it makes political propaganda more effective. I tried telling people we were going to murder brown people so corpos could get more money and they said, “ no, we are bringing freedom and stopping terrorists.”
A huge component was that it’s standard practice for Republican administrations to give better raises for service members.
It was honestly a nightmare of ignorant psychopaths. But tbf, there were quite a few people like me who just wanted to get away from shitty homes, get an education etc and joined before the large “wars.” We tried to teach, complained, and got out asap.