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Did they vote for him?
Well they did call for people to vote in this next election... so I think they probably didn't. Or at least they aren't going to vote his way coming up.
I could 100% see MAGA being upset that their child was killed and then forgetting and voting for Trump in 6 months again.
the 10,000,000 dollar question
Trump doesn't give a fuck about about anybody but Trump.
As a European, all these American news read like you‘re very close to a civil war over there
Oh please let them finish what was left to fester
I loved the idea of Canada joining our glorious EU as well. Imagine working there for a bit and laughing at the border at yanks that get sent back or something... Cathartic. Plus Canadian bud.
Let Texas succeed. Something.
We're being actively goaded in that direction by bad-faith actors all over social media, including here. Those of us with brains are keeping our powder dry since it's obvious that these trolls can't speak for all the steps that sit between conflict and resolution. Said trolls also don't understand that the majority of gun owners are trained and know better. It's not like you can buy bullets at 7-11, and having so many firearms around doesn't automatically make this a volatile situation, hence the constant pushing you see online.
What I can say is that the political divides you're seeing online are showing up in the real world, where people aren't able to overcome propaganda and programming. In my experience, people generally stay off the topic of politics in public because they want to have a good day. Occasionally you spot someone wearing trump stuff, but I take that in stride along with people wearing offensive t-shirts and the like: it's just trolling, plain and simple.
Overall, it's not great.
I thought most people buy bullets at Walmart but hey
This syndicated comic strip ran in a bunch of main line newspapers yesterday. You have to understand it's pretty wild for these big, mainstream comic strips to dip into politics if that's not what they usually do. When Doonesbury went "too far", he got moved to the opinion page in a bunch of papers.
I’ve seen some of Doonesbury‘s comics on the Internet. They, just like this comic strip, feel less like satire and more like a hyperbole. In Austria, we ususally overexaggerate everything. Like we have a satirical book about a former major of Vienna, called "get me the sparkling wine"
America helped save you guys from Hitler. How about returning the favor?
And by that you mean America allowed it's companies to secretly aid Hitler until Japan touched Americas boats and Hitler declared war on America?
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But isn't that why he joined the military? ~~Kill~~ bomb girl schools or be killed? FAFO.
Pay for rent, an education, room and board. Many people see the military as a way to increase their opportunities in life.
I'd guess it's only a few (loud) psychos who want to be deployed to a warzone
"As long as I am not the one bombing girl schools, only helping others do it, it's okay".
"I needed to feed my family so I agreed to join an organisation that murders innocents, which makes it okay".
"They are only following orders, so that's okay."
Fuck that shit.
It is not "uncalled for". It was deliberate called for to distract from the presidents failures and crimes.
Kinda looks like Trump is rocking a crazy ponytail in that picture am i crazy?
I that's Pam Bondi behind him.
She is so far up his ass, surprised that's not her hair coming through
This is what I came here to comment
Simmons’ cousin, Stephan Douglas, told NBC4 in Simmons’ native Ohio. “We believe this could have been prevented. It’s a sad day.”
Nah bro, every 
soldier's death could have been easily prevented by simply not signing up to join the baby-killing machine
And what company have you signed up to work for that is so pure?
No Western company has no blood on their hands of course, and for this reason (and so many others) they should all be relegated to the dustbin of history like our entire culture, including the company I personally work for.
Frankly, I am 1000% willing to face a revolutionary firing squad for my limited part in the Empire if that's what justice looks like for the people victimized by our Empire. At least I would die happy knowing that justice was served and the people rose up.
But to suggest that there is no daylight between almost any other job within the Empire versus working in the military... silliness.
I know a lot of people who have served here. They didn't believe that they had many other options.
Things are bad in America, and they have been for most of the 2000's. People outside the country don't understand this fully sometimes.
Those poor pedophile protectors were just following orders.
“Things are bad in Russia, and they have been for most of the 2000's. People outside the country don't understand this fully sometimes.”
It’s like I can hate Russia and its leadership with all my heart; and still understand a boot on the ground is separate from the person ordering him around.
I can hate hamas and still feel bad for the child that was indoctrinated. It’s a crazy concept!
Yea….. I feel pity for the destitute Russia meat wave that was force conscripted, or joined to feed a starving family. It’s almost like we’ve designed our societies this way and the people are the victims??
It's almost like people can be both victims and victimizers 🤪
It’s also like there’s a million non combat jobs in the us military. Some of them even deliver food to people and provide logistic support for non military entities. So much nuance to go around.
Yeah so much nuance to go around when all those non-combatants are working for the capitalist baby-killing settler-colonialism machine. 🙄
Like it's an extremely simple situation, they chose their own personal comfort over the lives of people in the Global South, as people are so wont to do.
We've seen how yous frame everyone you don't like as terrorists and all of their family, relatives, neighbors, neighborhood, city, country are fair game but sure "people outside this country don't understand this".
US has been shit throughout history if you ever read a history book.
Serving the military is a choice and the consequences are a part of the contract.
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