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Faine Greenwood@faineg.bsky.social |
This is also why so many actual veterans who are women and non-white report getting regularly questioned about if they “really served” when they try to use the benefits they’re entitled to. GOP voter’s performative worship of veterans is very often predicated on those vets being the “right kind.”
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long cool woman in a white coat
@pyslexicdharmacist.bsky.social
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My mom started her military career in the last of the WACs. She frequently runs into insurance issues because people assume she's a spouse rather than a veteran herself.
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Michelle Lamb
@mlamb.bsky.social
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GOP’s manifesto 2025 is telling all vets they’re expendable.
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Lars Hansson
@romabysen.bsky.social
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and even then, they don't really care about the "right kind" of veterans either.
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Megaweapon
@megaweapon5.bsky.social
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Remember how Fox talking heads just flat out refused to accept that Pat Tillman was a leftist and an atheist?
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DJW
@djwaglmuffin.bsky.social
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I got into an actual argument at the VA with a Marine who told me, TO MY FACE, that I didn't have a "real job" in the military WHILE I WAS WEARING A SEABEE SHIRT. Meaning: My unit BUILT everything the Marines used in the field. I was a welder for god's sake.
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Brotman
@brotman.bsky.social
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The "right kind of X" is how they see everyone and everything. Why should it apply differently to the military?
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🎸Paul🎹
@paul.bsky.social
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When I worked at the DoD as a civ, I experienced one of the most diverse workforces I’ve ever been a part of. It was amazing. I worked with Azeris, Alaskan Natives, Dominicans, Turks, French, Senegalese, Koreans, people from everywhere - because you NEED them to understand different cultures.
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Meredith Rose
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They’re not veterans unless they’re from the Veteran region of Iowa. Otherwise they’re sparkling service dropouts
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KLB
@klb58.bsky.social
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In other words they don’t know any actual veterans.
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Plognark
@plognark.bsky.social
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I cannot possibly express how much I loathe performative Republican bullshit when they find out I’m a veteran. They automatically assume I’m a racist, gay-hating piece of shit like they are when they find out too.
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