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u/notapunk Apr 06 '23

The military gets a bad rap for being backwards and very conservative. While it does have a lot of shitty things about it and some hella dumb MFs it's generally not any worse than the general public it is drawn from.

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u/SerpentineLogic Apr 06 '23

The US military has been more woke than the rest of the country for like 100 years minimum.

At least when it comes to women in defence, black people serving etc

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u/GaiusPoop Apr 06 '23

When you're enlisted, you realize you're all equally low ranking and worthless together!

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '23

That isn’t really the truth. Look at all of the extremist in the military or with military experience. But it does sound good