God this breaks my heart on so many different levels, but especially as a veteran The military isn't the police. You sign up blind, usually when you're young as fuck, you can't quit until your contract is up, and you don't sign up for thishttps://twitter.com/Joyce_Karam/status/1268331136926785548 …
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Most people join to secure an opportunity they should have and don't: a chance at college, escape from poverty, a way to feed a family Some join because they bought into patriotic lies: they want to fight for something greater than themselves (that was me. I was an idiot)
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None of these kids signed up for this, and here they are being ordered to do something awful, and they've been conditioned to obey orders, and they know that they risk their futures if they refuse or go AWOL. A dishonorable discharge destroys your whole life
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My heart fucking breaks for these children because I know it could have been me in that uniform, wearing an unfamiliar face shield and heavy body armor: an occupying force into my own goddamn country It's disgusting that Trump has put them in this position
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