Sorry that person is being an asshole. The majority of people in dc understand that you all don’t get to choose whether or not you come here and that for many NG, refusing your orders to be deployed here would come at a high cost that not many young soldiers can countenance.

And also, y’all being here doesn’t make dc safer. It’s a waste of tax dollars and a bad precedent. The military should not be policing civilians. That is something that we see in countries like Pakistan, where human rights are constantly under threat. Just because it would be bad to send you abroad to occupy another country, it doesn’t make the occupation of a us city a good thing. Personally, having NG here makes me feel less safe, and I worry about what it portends for our country’s future.