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Rant Time!
I think most of my followers know that I’m fairly pro-military; I’m currently signed on to head off to Navy Basic Training June 16th. So obviously, I don’t think the military is some evil thing. On the flip side, I feel a bit uncomfortable with how a lot of people in the US practically worship the military and see it and its members as being incapable of doing any wrong.
Personally, I look at my decision to join the military as partly wanting to serve my country, but also just the job I choose to do in life.
Not everyone has to do that job. No one is any less of a person or patriot for not serving. A surgeon or firefighter serves this country just as much as (of not more than) most service-members. They just do it in a different way. Joining the military I think is definitely something that warrants a bit of respect, but not overwhelming reverence.
WITH ALL THAT BEING SAID, IF YOU ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO SIT AROUND AND CALL SERVICE-MEMBERS COWARDS AND ENJOY THE LIBERTIES THAT HAVE BEEN SECURED FOR YOU BY MEN AND WOMEN LIKE THEM, YOU NEED TO CHILL THE FUCK OUT.
I DON’T THINK THAT EVERY WAR WE HAVE FOUGHT HAS DIRECTLY DEFENDED THIS NATION. BUT SOME HAVE. AND BECAUSE OF THOSE WARS BEING FOUGHT, WE ARE WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
AND HERE’S ANOTHER NEWSFLASH: THE MILITARY DOESN’T DECIDE WHO THE FUCK WE INVADE.
THAT’S RIGHT!!CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES MAKE THE DECISION. THE MILITARY IS AT THE ABSOLUTE COMMAND OF CIVILIAN DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED LEADERSHIP. YET PEOPLE ALWAYS LIKE TO BASH THE MILITARY FOR BEING PLACES THAT THEY DON’T WANT THEM. GUESS WHAT? THEY DIDN’T JUST END UP THERE!!
WE, AS A NATION, SENT THEM THERE.
SO NEXT TIME YOU SEE SOMETHING WITH THE US MILITARY BEING SOMEPLACE IN THE WORLD THAT YOU DON’T LIKE, DON’T BLAME THEM, AND FOR THE LOVE OF GOD AND COUNTRY, DON’T BLAME THE POOR MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE TO ACTUALLY FUCKING GO THERE. BLAME THE POLITICIANS THAT WE ALL ELECTED TOGETHER.
lots of people like to bash on the military, but i want to point out that sailor, soldier, and marine are all gender-neutral terms and in my experience they are treated as such. that’s a step ahead of the rest of society, just sayin’.
I know I’m That Guy™ , but it is possible to advocate for social reform without sweeping under the rug the very real tragedies and human rights violations that have existed under communist regimes
I get that this doesn’t fit your edgelord communist aesthetic but it costs $0 to reblog this and let your followers know you aren’t advocating to repeat the mistakes of the past
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