I swear if this godforsaken site has a struggle session over Greg Stoker, I am going to break my monitor I swear
this post was submitted on 21 Jan 2026
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Aaron Bushnell was also a US veteran wasn't he ?
I don't get the western left's obsession with this ,and it's never us
I definitely hate people who enter the US army but I don't hate people who leave it
I'm not a westerner
didn't say you were
I think it is fair to interpret "and it's never us" as implying the OP is a westerner
A lot of people who leave the US army never really do anything to atone for their time in it or they continue to support structures that empower the military. In these discussions, it's always a divide between people who want actual rehabilitation and restitution for the affected populations vs. people (typically from groups unaffected by the military) for whom "they feel bad and said they're sorry" is good enough to earn their forgiveness and elevate them to positions of power.
The former was Aaron Bushnell, who at least based on his final action, we can assume would have worked to dismantle the military industrial complex. The latter was the Graham Platner situation, as he was someone who still showed support for the military overall and advocated for positions that would necessitate the use of the military to exploit other nations.
I can only speak to the US perspective on this but over here there's this obnoxious and everpresent culture of lionization around former/current military personnel and some of the western left's fixation has to be a reaction to it.
I mean like, every small town has a street lined with banners similar to those in pic related and its like... Theres some guys who lived here who took a job with the government? And how much money did this town get scammed out of to do this? Between that and the "stand for the flag, kneel for the cross" shit that's everywhere I'm sick of it.
we have something similar except its for real heroes and there's no equivalent to kneeling to a cross
I think if you needed 4 goes around to figure out that:
Is bad, you should die and I hope thats not a controversial opinion.
Not sure if context matters, but a "tour" in a combat deployment isn't the same as an "enlistment" term.
A tour is the ammount of separate times they went to grow heroin and kill innocents no?
Oh, you've got me there, I am very very owned.
Here's a photo of me as corn cob for your photo collection.
I'll be sure to put it to good use.
Did Aaron Bushnell run as a Democrat politician and keep harping on about how good the US military was and how the pwoor vets are the real victims? No? Then why is that a relevant comparison
I legit don't even know who the guy op referencing is ,I am just stating my opinion
here's him showing off a picture he has hanged on his wall of him and his buddies in Afghanistan