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[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago (8 children)

There is absolutely no reason to blindly respect someone just because they’ve “served their country.” We don’t know what they’ve done. We have so many examples of soldiers doing horrible things to civilians around the world that blind respect is simply not warranted.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Particularly the people we were indoctrinated to trust. Cops, military, politicians, businessmen (read as American Dream reachers), preachers...

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