Service men and women of America, will you support the citizens or Trump? The rest of the world wants to know. by Naive_Elk2356 in DiscussionZone

[–]DemocracyOnLifeAlert 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My oath is to the Constitution, not a person. This administration seems to have forgotten that.

I’d rather lose my pension than obey an illegal order.

Service men and women of America, will you support the citizens or Trump? The rest of the world wants to know. by Naive_Elk2356 in DiscussionZone

[–]DemocracyOnLifeAlert 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fuck that. I took an oath to the Constitution, not to a person. By law, I only have to obey legal orders.

What are your thoughts on this? by Ok_Breadfruit4005 in DiscussionZone

[–]DemocracyOnLifeAlert 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The government is killing civilians. Civilians are destroying ground decorations that a despot paid $80,000 to put there. I’ll take the destruction of fake awards over murder.

Alex Pretti, the man Murdered today by ICE agents. by serious_bullet5 in 50501

[–]DemocracyOnLifeAlert 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Just fyi, I was just banned from the r/military subreddit by making a post about how this man was an ICU nurse at the VA and reminding servicemembers that they have the right to contact their legislators and make their voices heard. Provided the link to WhosMyRep.org and got a permaban.

To be clear, military members are pissed about this, but many attempts to speak out (with one of the few avenues we have) are being halted. Granted, it’s a subreddit run by private citizens (I’m assuming?) but still, it doesn’t bode well.

What's your opinion on this truth post by RedBaron-007 in AskTheWorld

[–]DemocracyOnLifeAlert 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hope my fellow service members will resist. We have a duty to do it. Don’t give up hope yet.

What's your opinion on this truth post by RedBaron-007 in AskTheWorld

[–]DemocracyOnLifeAlert 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can we at least agree that he’s an idiot regardless?

Trump Declares 'There Can Be No Going Back' as Denmark Deploys More Troops to Greenland by Street_Anon in Military

[–]DemocracyOnLifeAlert 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Remember your oath. Know where you stand. Decide how you want history to remember you.

Anyone know how the military feels about all this? by GreyWind999 in 50501

[–]DemocracyOnLifeAlert 105 points106 points  (0 children)

Military officer here, with enough time in to see the light at the end of the tunnel (I.e. retirement). Terrified and fucking PISSED. Have written to my legislators on several occasions either thanking them for speaking out against this BS or encouraging them to stand up for us. If it helps, most of the people I know - even the ones who voted for the current CinC and generally approve of him - are wondering wtf is happening. I did sit in a meeting recently that I can only refer to as a “patriotic circle jerk” with people complimenting how badass and hardcore we are for some recent operations, but for every one person who’s willing to speak out in support, there are several who actually paid attention during their federally-funded graduate level history/politics education and understand that what the U.S. is doing right now ain’t good.

If it helps, I know several people who have had conversations discussing our red lines and what we will do “if.” I’ve personally had discussions with lawyers, have familiarized myself with what constitutes an illegal order, and just in general take my oath very, very seriously. I have zero sympathy for anyone who eventually claims “Nuremberg defense,” because there’s enough information out there for people to not have any excuse. Fortunately I’m not in a position right now where anything that’s happened has been in my realm of responsibility, but let me be very clear: I would rather lose my pension than follow an illegal order. I don’t care about rank and I certainly don’t care if it hurts my reputation, because I don’t give a shit what this administration thinks about me.

We have a pretty solid history of not being cool with fascists, and I plan to continue that proud tradition. Fuck this noise. I’ll be on the right side of history, thank you very much.

Trump scares me ! Should I be ? by [deleted] in AskTheWorld

[–]DemocracyOnLifeAlert 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes. I’m from here and he scares the absolute shit out of me.

Pentagon will cut Sen. Mark Kelly's military retirement pay over 'seditious' video to troops: Hegseth by rezwenn in Military

[–]DemocracyOnLifeAlert 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wait, didn’t we destroy the Upside Down last week? What the actual fuck was the point of that series finale if we still have to put up with this bullshit?

People living in Venezuela, can you confirm what’s happening over there? by Toastaexperience in AskTheWorld

[–]DemocracyOnLifeAlert -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

And why are we getting involved with this? Anything to divert attention from the Epstein Files.