In an impassioned and at times furious speech, departing Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley defiantly proclaimed that the US military does not swear an oath to a “wannabe dictator.”
It was a bitter and pointed swipe that appeared unmistakably targeted at former President Donald Trump, who has in recent days accused Milley of “treason” and suggested that he should be put to death for his conduct surrounding Trump’s bid in 2021 to remain in office despite losing the presidential election.
“We are unique among the world’s militaries,” Milley said. “We don’t take an oath to a country, we don’t take an oath to a tribe, we don’t take an oath to a religion. We don’t take an oath to a king, or a queen, or a tyrant or a dictator.”
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That’s not a solution and you know it. I feel ya my man, I do.
You don’t need sympathy for them. You don’t need to forgive anyone for them - you do that shit for yourself, so you’ll be free of the negativity of their weight and move forward clear of them.
Don’t let them define the limits of your virtues. Don’t let anyone tell you who you are (which is essentially the same thing). That’s for you to tell them.
Most are probably a lost cause. Not all, for sure. Look at them like you would a wounded animal and for reasons we don’t know they blame us. It’s much easier to understand and anticipate, therefore mitigate the pain they’re choosing to propagate. But over generations…we can teach their children tolerance. And patience. Hence their war on education (the ones showing up at PTA meetings, not the ones trying to loot the budget).
I’m one of the first to respond to fascist violence with violence. Fighting nazis is a great family tradition of mine, going back 80 years. I’m no Gandhi, MLK. I’m much more aligned with Malcolm and Hampton. I’ll let the Gandhi’s have the mic and lead from the ideals, but while theyre sheparding the high road, I’m defending on the low road.
I say that because if the answer is to just damn half the population, them you’ve got to put more effort into your answer. Hate isn’t the way. Every spiritual or moral teacher in history has said the same thing. But I don’t need hate to fight, simply resignation to the task at hand, like putting down a wounded animal. If anything it makes me more cognizant in the moment.
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An attitude they share as well. Eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind.
Ya gotta leave them able to see. And then show them you have the same capacity for cruelty, but only dole it harsh to the ringleaders.
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That attitude is illusionary and will get you nowhere, don’t forget that you and your radical group do not have any significant backing from society and that you WILL be arrested and put on trial if you attempt to take unlawful actions like violating a person’s bodily integrity or destroying property. The world doesn’t revolve around you, there are millions more reasonable people for each single one of violent radicals like yourself.
Shut up bootlicker
Yet you wrote a wall of text trying to do just that.
Malicious ignorance is the real pandemic.