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More people are joining the military. A shaky US job market could be boosting the numbers.
(www.businessinsider.com)
this post was submitted on 07 Sep 2025
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Yeah. I don't respect anyone (as a person or their opinion) who take the stance of "You have to think about the jackboots and cut them some slack"
I don't fucking care what brought them to the belief that it is okay to oppress and murder others for their own financial and societal gain. They have already pulled themselves out of society and they are monsters. And if the only way for them to respect the right of others to Exist is to give them a handy and buy them lots of tacos? Then they aren't on our side and will flip the moment someone offers them more. So fuck those mother fuckers. They are the enemy.
And fuck anyone who wants people to feel sympathy for the folk stomping on necks and getting ready to unload the train cars at the camps.
im not asking you to cut jackboots slack. i am asking you to cut children who are intoxicated by propaganda slack. get it?
I very explicitly said i do not expect you to sympathize while you empathize and i take this as evidence you aren't fucking reading me. my personal respect for you has been downgraded from friend to persona non-grata.
And the moment they sign up for the military knowing that the invasion of Canada and the oppression of "liberal cities" is what is waiting for them? They aren't children anymore. They are monsters with guns.
And if they somehow aren't aware of any of that in 2025? Then they were never going to be open to any form of discussion or thought, period.
So, again, no, I won't be cutting them any slack. Because, regardless of what made them decide it was a good idea to oppress others for monetary gain: They are just people holding guns and enforcing the will of a rapist.
And ANY form of "Oh there are good reasons to join the military" or "you have to understand, they had tacos!" is just helping to justify the decision that shooting people so a rapist can get off is a valid life choice.