• Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
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    11 months ago

    what is a “hemi”

    V8 engines from Chrysler.

    why should I care if I got passed by it?

    Nobody cares, really.

    all veterans deserve respect

    They don’t but even so, odds are this guy didn’t serve in active conflict thus not a war veteran. Joining the arms forces does not make you a war veteran and thus deserving of your respect.

    • driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br
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      11 months ago

      I would argue that they deserve less respect that no veterans. Imagine being so stupid that you join a war crime force.

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        11 months ago

        Not necessarily stupid. There’s a reason military recruitment primarily comes from the poorest parts of the nation with the least opportunities

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          11 months ago

          Maybe if my neighbors stopped voting for the party that wants them to stay poor, they would have more opportunities besides being tools of American Imperialism?

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            11 months ago

            I mean yeah I’d love for that to happen. Doesn’t change the fact that there are plenty of people who have/continue to see it as the only realistic path out of whatever situation they’re in. We’re not in disagreement that the root cause of it is bad.