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Distrusts the government, but also works for it? I'd call that a mole. The decades-long infiltration of the military by openly racist, anti-democratic, and even
by notacoward 4y ago
Distrusts the government, but also works for it? I'd call that a mole. The decades-long infiltration of the military by openly racist, anti-democratic, and even anti-government "people's militia" types needs to be stopped.
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- giantg2 4y ago"Distrusts the government, but also works for it?" Maybe not from the extremist/militia standpoint you mention, but in general people meeting your above statement are the type of people you want making the laws. They realize the potential abuses and should hopefully be creating safeguards against them (without wholly undermining the desired function). The people who blindly trust are the ones who create a system rife for future abuse to occur.
- notacoward 4y agoThere's a healthy skepticism, which I agree can be beneficial, and then there's a loathing as blind as any obedience or conformity can be. "Government is always the problem" or Reagan's "most terrifying words" if not outright QAnon/InfoWars insanity. This particular doofus seems to fall squarely into the second camp, not only undermining government function but putting lives at risk in the process. The efforts of white supremacists in particular to stuff the military (and law enforcement) with their members have been well documented for many years. https://tcf.org/content/commentary/dismantling-white-supremacist-infiltration-of-the-military-and-law-enforcement/ https://tcf.org/content/commentary/dismantling-white-suprema... https://www.businessinsider.com/fbi-report-white-supremacists-seek-affiliation-military-law-enforcement-2021-3 https://www.businessinsider.com/fbi-report-white-supremacist... As I said, it needs to stop. Even military leadership agrees. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/military/pentagon-report-warns-threat-white-supremacists-inside-military-n1258871 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/military/pentagon-report-warns-...
- kmeisthax 4y agoTo be clear, the person in question does not distrust the government because they have a strong commitment to liberty. They distrust the government because they're not the ones wearing the boot.
- ifyoubuildit 4y agoNobody actually knows who the person in question is yet, right? Besides (allegedly) the source from these articles. So where does this confidence come from?
- giantg2 4y agoAssuming the comments in the video are correct, it does sound like they would oppress certain groups of people if they had the power.
- ifyoubuildit 4y agoSure, you can assume all sorts of things. You can assume he's actually hitler himself, or maybe putin. Or he's an ideologically pure saint. What does it matter? The only difference seems to be whether people will feel good or bad about the (probably severe) consequences that will be coming for this person, which doesn't seem like the interesting part of this story.
- giantg2 4y agoLol OK. Please add to the discussion and not just "assume" everything is a lie to derail it.
- ifyoubuildit 4y agoSorry, maybe I wasn't clear. I'm not saying it's a lie. I'm saying you can speculate that the person matches whatever archetype you want, and you might even be right. The question is: is that important for anything other than feeling satisfied that one of the bad guys is gonna face justice? It just seems like a distraction.
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- Rebelgecko 4y agoI'd imagine that in some cases, the distrust of the government is actually a result of working for it (IIRC that's what happened with Snowden)
- megous 4y agoIn US they call it a Founding Father. :D
- dsfyu404ed 4y ago>Distrusts the government, but also works for it? I'd call that a mole. I'd call that a reaction to knowing how the sausage is made.