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"Nothing wrong with supporting the troops." That depends on what you mean by "supporting the troops." I actually have no definition or even a clear idea of wha
by joesmo 10y ago
"Nothing wrong with supporting the troops."
That depends on what you mean by "supporting the troops." I actually have no definition or even a clear idea of what this means and I'm certain no one else does either. It's just a generic motto used for brainwashing. Does it mean that I support the individuals not dying? Because if so, then yes, I support the troops very much and I hope none of them die. Does it mean that I support what they do? Fuck no! It's atrocious and criminal. They are murdering and raping people. I would never support that. And of course, it also could mean every single nuance in between. So it's a meaningless saying that seems to exist for the solve purpose of controlling the people who refuse to question basic things. The mere fact that it can mean that I support the troops' actions (murder, rape, and even wasting trillions of dollars of our money) is reason enough for anyone to not "support the troops," and is certainly why I would never utter such an ambiguous and clearly manipulative phrase.
- r_smart 10y ago>They are murdering and raping people. >I would never utter such an ambiguous and clearly manipulative phrase. Pick one.
- joesmo 10y agoI don't need to. Most of my readers can process more than once sentence at a time.
- r_smart 10y agoSorry if the previous response was overly terse, but it seemed easiest to point out what you were doing with your own words. Namely, demonstrating the behavior you're decrying. Also, how is showing you sentences from different parts of your post being unable to process more than one sentence at a time? If you just wanted to match snark with snark, then fair enough, but as a refutation, it's a bit lacking. Rather, you seem to be making a veiled appeal to authority via having a readership / cult of personality based around you.
- new_hackers 10y agoExactly, and exactly why it works so well. If you question "the troops" including why they were sent there to begin with, then you are easily labeled "unpatriotic" and your ideas are immediately dismissed. It is a very easy way to implement self-culling behavior among the masses. The "powers" do not have to black bag the dissidents, if they are never able to achieve any viable mind-share.
- fapjacks 10y agoNah, just go ahead and criticize. You are going to be fighting an uphill battle, but as someone who spent over a decade criticizing the military while in the military, I can tell you that the bark has no bite, as is often the case with things like this. You'll actually find a lot of people that agree with you, even though they won't add their voice to yours.