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“I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.”
You took an oath. Being afraid isn't an excuse.
We expect 19 year old soldiers to run into fire and destruction to honor their oaths. We expect no less from our elected representatives.
Yeah and if they haven't noticed - creeping fascism only gets worse the longer you let it linger. Time to bite the bullet and do something, it's not going to go away on its own and we're all going to be in more danger (including GOP senators) the longer it goes on.
I’ve said this before, but being an elected politician should be treated as a position of service, not of status and excess. If you want the office for the right reasons then having some downsides to taking the power should be no big deal.
Democracies are only as functional as their courts. I think the US court system has been failing its people in a lot of ways, for some time now.
Yea it's almost like a particular party has a think tank which invaded prestigious law schools, and strated grooming lawyers right out of highschool to become judges for republicans. Just like everything else in this country today, they removed the merit, installed nepostism, and control the narrative.
Republicans take a second oath:
"I solemnly swear I'm up to no good."
I took that oath at 18.
Reading these headlines me think and feel that military service should be a prereq for US Congressional/presidential office.
Substitute "military service" with "minimum wage customer service," and you're onto something.
Why not both?
The only thing i want less than MTG, is MTG with military training.
The whole point of bootcamp is to break you of that ego, get your brain trained in unit cohesion. Margerine really needed to spend some time working as a team with other human beings on a level playing field.
Neanderthal Barbie would just fuck whoever got her out of PT, while claiming all the other recruits were lazy.
ETA: that's why i said minimum wage customer service. She should see what it's like dealing with the public when you're not on even footing...
Well, fortunately for all of us, we can just skip the life lessons part and send her straight to an El Salvadorian prison, before closing up that little loophole. Won't be long till the pendulum swings away from these crazies.
What they said ⬇️
That's Starship Troopers. 😄
I love that movie and it blew my mind when I learned that it was about fascism. Even the enemies were literal insects, like how the Nazis/MAGAs refer to jews/immigrants as insects or animals
The weird thing is that the book presented the idea of only veterans being allowed to vote as a good thing, unironically. The Wikipedia entry is interesting:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starship_Troopers#Reception
SERVICE = CITIZENSHIP
we're so close!
**“I believe in the sacredness and dignity of the individual. / I believe that all men derive the right to freedom equally from God. / I pledge to resist aggression and tyranny wherever they appear on earth.” ** also this one, its german translation is broadcast in german public deutschlandradio every sunday at noon followed by the ringing sound of berlins freedom bell
Amen.