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BadEmpanada fans will just say he's just "saying it like it is," per usual.

lenin facepalm

Or BE will walk back on it and just say he's joking or whatever.

¯_(ツ)_/¯

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[–] cfgaussian@lemmygrad.ml 39 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I hate to defend BE but in this case it is pretty clear what point he is trying to make: he is deliberately using the same arguments and the exact same phrasing that many leftists use when defending people who join the US military. BE has had a long standing beef with leftists who defend US veterans.

He has made it very clear that he doesn't agree with making excuses for people who, for whatever reason, choose to become soldiers for the US empire, and he is drawing a parallel between them and ICE, pointing out that if you think working for ICE is indefensible you should also think being in the US military is just as irredeemable.

Whether he is right about that is debatable but clearly that is the point he is making here.

[–] Makan@lemmygrad.ml -1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It's just dumb, not many people are even making that point, and he wastes his energy on fringe figures.

[–] cfgaussian@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't know...i see a lot of US "leftists" defend veterans...

[–] Makan@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I really don't see that lol and he doesn't make it clear.

he's attacking phantoms or fringe figures

[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I've seen it plenty of times unfortunately

[–] ComradeRandy@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Not many people are defending that point? You've never met a "leftist" defending the US military? Unless you aren't American I simply do not believe you. EDIT: Actually fuck that, you don't even need to be American, there are plenty of chronically online "leftists" who think America is the world's just cop.

[–] Makan@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 week ago

I am American. I don't see it.