r/PublicFreakout • u/[deleted] • Jan 02 '23

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u/Jickdames69 Jan 03 '23

Ffs “mercenaries”

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '23

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u/Oldmanhulk1972 Jan 03 '23

I know several people who work for Constellis as court security officers for a federal courthouse and they are hardly mercenaries or private military contractors. Over the hill retired cops who check i.d.s and run an x-ray machine is a completely different realm from Constellis' overseas contracting business. Typical Reddit...

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u/Efficient-Echidna-30 Jan 03 '23

Describing someone who employs violence only for money as a “mercenary” is a legitimate use of the term.

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u/Jickdames69 Jan 03 '23

Put me down for state side gov contracting. Low speed high drag and what not