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Man, the inability to see how unrelated this story is to civil war militants murdering fellow citizens for fun, especially when your example doesn’t even concern Americans, is disheartening.


> They simply aren’t that trigger happy

I already addressed this with my comments on American troops lighting up British tanks during Iraq.

> and with no civil war and a strongly enforced set of national laws

Er… have you read the news? The first part of the quote is a concern of many commentators and the second part of your comment is a fucking bad joke given your President has ignored multiple laws and judicial rulings, including sending the marines into LA without the permission of the governor!


> I already addressed this with my comments on

No, you didn’t lol. You showed how American soldiers could shoot at some other military members who were in a tank. I gotta say, if you think I care even half as much about any random Brit more than any American, you’re crazy.

Also, are you under the impression that a random soldier going on a killing spree against innocent Americans would be treated the same as the President playing legal games, albeit ones with very serious consequences?


> No, you didn’t lol.

Just because you don’t like getting schooled doesn’t change the fact that you were.

> Also, are you under the impression that a random soldier going on a killing spree against innocent Americans would be treated the same as the President playing legal games, albeit ones with very serious consequences?

A president that pardoned murderers from January 6th? A president that said there were good people in a group of neonazi rioters? A president that sent those military people in there against the legal restrictions on sending the military in? A president that fired all people in the chain of command who would say “no?”

Yes, I think it’ll be treated differently, just not the same way you will.


Oh, you’re acting like a toddler in a schoolyard now. Okay, you’re very clever and I’m not - you’re so big brain and I’m dumb.

> A president that pardoned murderers from January 6th? A president that said there were good people in a group of neonazi rioters? A president that

Yes? Why do you think this is a gotcha? I already said they were games with serious consequences. Are you ok dude?

This really feels like one of those

”””conversations””” where the other person is in fact arguing against someone else, and I’m just a proxy for whatever you’re actually mad about.


Well since you asked nicely, Legal Eagle obliged and reminded me that the NG shot at protesters during the Vietnam War: https://youtu.be/CT8_IV42AM8?si=HCyQNBpJ7T9pfodS

Skip ahead to about 10 minutes. So yes, I’m still right and the US military are as trigger happy as any other military.




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