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placeholder for goatstein and tpaine
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Mike Nelson here.
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it's easier to tear down than build up.
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Kurdt
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troop hate pros:
useful agitprop in building provisional coalitions grounded in moral outrage
tpaine retention

troop hate cons:
avoids systemic critique / reinforces methodological individualism
goatstein retention
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"tpaine just loves them, loves nothing more, how could something tpaine loves so much be so bad?!"
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"They're fighting over there so we don't have to fight them here."
"It's their bravery that gives you the freedom to spout your Marxist drivel."

Tbh I don't think there's any way to respond to these two points.
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Kurdt
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carry a shoulder launched SAM (replica), enjoy again
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Mike Nelson here.
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dispo, why don't you join the military. there's a job for ya. be the change you want to see in the world. i'd join the military if i was eligible.
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ilmdge posted:

"They're fighting over there so we don't have to fight them here."
"It's their bravery that gives you the freedom to spout your Marxist drivel."

Tbh I don't think there's any way to respond to these two points.



lmao, someone said this to me not realizing i was serbian. i was just like, yeah, thanks for bombing and destroying my country, that really helped me talk about communism

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Mike Nelson here.
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discipline posted:

not a huge fan of rape thanks

hmm. well is there any demand in the CIA for arabic speakers with area studies training?

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Kurdt
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what is a boi? one might think it's analogous to a grrl, but this is clearly false. the grrl is empowered and enlightened relative to 'girl' whilst the boi appears to exist only as a diminutive mockery of 'boy'. it's vexing.
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Dont Mess With Sucess
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these days, unless you're born rich, the only ways to get discipline and a sense of civic duty, to have a career travelling the world learning foreign languages and cultures, or to do any truly interesting and fun science & engineering job, are through a career in the US military
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tardy on these heaters
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"im sowwy im a twoopi poopi "
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tardy on these heaters
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i forget if ive posted abt this before but i might as well tell the story again is p good

when i was in college the son of the dean of students died in afghanistan on his first tour. some of the ppl in my classes were older n were friends w the dean n everyone was being v mournful sad. all ppl talking in a circle outside abt how sad it is young man go so early in his life etc etc turned into conversation abt how good the military is as an institution esp for minorities and women as a means of social mobility and i couldnt help myself. up to that point i was just zipping my yap like trying to be like "yeah its rly sad how many young ppl are dying in afghanistan" but i had to say something now so i said "good for women ... besides the near-guarantee of being raped by your male comrades" that made everyone rly awkward and quiet and dispersed the conversation good job tom
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Mike Nelson here.
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babyfinland posted:

made everyone rly awkward and quiet and dispersed the conversation good job tom

lol good times.

when i went to china i was the only economics student with a group of development studies students. they were all like radical feminists and such. but we had this day when we were all invited to tour a chinese prison. and of course it was a disneyfied tour for foreigners but like there are a bunch of people to a tiny room with bunks and such so i was still like damn this sucks here. we had this big discussion with officials and such and a bunch of our group started talking about how in north america prison is like a joke and you watch television in your room all day and such. i wasn't even all that left wing yet and i was like yeah uhh you know people aren't allowed to leave right. like people in prison are caged for years and years right. anyway the conversation stopped and we had lunch in the canteen. baby's first whine.

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gj
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"these puppies aren't going to throw themselves off the cliff"
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"Preventing genocide."
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Kurdt
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hi
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"Troops risk their own lives and well-being and go through hell everyday while you play your XBox video game machine."
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Mike Nelson here.
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"Being really buff, firing rifles into crowds with impunity, watching giant explosions, having sex with hookers and playing call of duty all day is a really tough job that no one else wants"
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HenryKrinkle posted:

"Troops risk their own lives and well-being and go through hell everyday while you play your XBox video game machine."





Superabound posted:

the the modern US Troop Experience consists entirely of sitting around playing grabass/xbox, shooting unarmed civilians, or if youre really lucky, pressing a button to bomb them from a mile away. there is no "combat" to prepare them for

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capital aint gonna guarantee exploitable markets for itself
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"Even if you don't support the war, you should still support the troops."
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"Even if you don't support the war, you should still support the troops."
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'Does Djilas, who is himself a writer, not know what human suffering and the human heart are? Can't he understand it if a soldier who has crossed thousands of kilometers through blood and fire and death has fun with a woman or takes some trifle?'
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hi
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when i was in high school the army came to our lunch room everyday and would give you a free hat or tshirt if you could do 20 pushups i'll join the army if theres more free hats and tshirts but i wont do more than 20 pushups
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YUNG JIRO AKA SHOWA STUNNA AKA
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the army would call my house in high school and the one time i answered it was a latino recruiter who began with some spiel aimed at the ~Latino Youth~ that basically stopped just short of using the word "raza" in trying to relate to me ahahaha
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"troops and cops are working class"
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YUNG JIRO AKA SHOWA STUNNA AKA
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he just said some trite generalities about how good the army was for "our" community, and how it would help me develop as a Hispanic Man. i didn't talk to him for long and i don't precisely remember what he said because i was probably in 10th grade, but that was the gist of it. ironically, i'm a bougie half-white latino and i sound white as heck/know almost all my spanish from school. i wasn't a dick or anything, but he could likely tell i wasn't interested and wasn't his intended cultural/class audience, not to mention that i was already against the u.s. military. it always struck me as downright nefarious that they got a latino who blatantly sounded like he was latino. it's an essential tactic for any organization, sure, but it's some evil shit coming from the great satan.

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the free-est
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"this is not an appropriate topic for the dinner table"

7th type. tsk tsk
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Marxsplainer
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Waylondo posted:

"this is not an appropriate topic for the dinner table"

7th type. tsk tsk



I turn every family dinner into a revolutionary struggle session and force my shitty Dad to write and deliver self-criticism before we say grace giving thants for the revolutionary guidance of our Great Helmsman Comrade Chairman Mao