He'd been on permanent disability from neurological damage suffered in Iraq
You get: risk your life for a corrupt government.
I get: a put in jail free card if you ever do something I don't like.
The whole thread is interesting to read. Here are some examples of USG rhetoric (highlights are by Michael Tracey).
Leffingwell, a military veteran who once defended the Constitution from all enemies, foreign and domestic, willfully betrayed his nation and became an enemy of the United States on January 6.
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Before Leffingwell made his way to the breach, that same entrance had been overrun by rioters who streamed through the Capiton, looting, vandalizing and otherwise terrorizing a temple of American democracy.
It's noteworthy that the USG argued for lesser sentencing of a man who burned someone alive in BLM riots, saying that "riots are the voice of the unheard". Now riots and looting are suddenly Very Bad.
I could mention the historical and civic illiteracy of equating a state, and a very corrupt one at that, with "the nation", which is obviously preposterous. The nation refers to the people, which is rather separate from the government that claims dominion over that people.
Leffingwell, a military veteran who once defended the Constitution from all enemies, foreign and domestic, willfully betrayed his nation and became an enemy of the United States on January 6.
You all don't quite understand what this statement actually means. with this sentence, the government is calling him a traitor and asking for his execution.
otherwise terrorizing a temple of American democracy.
No government is sacrosanct.
I could mention the historical and civic illiteracy of equating a state, and a very corrupt one at that, with "the nation", which is obviously preposterous. The nation refers to the people, which is rather separate from the government that claims dominion over that people.
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It's not a mistake. If the state is the nation and the nation is the state, it's Fascism. It's not the first time this regime has explicitly argued for Fascism.
Yeah, this official's statement probably sounded better in the original 18th century French. "Ce paysan périra pour son insolence! L’État, c’est nous!"
You get: risk your life for a corrupt government.
I get: a put in jail free card if you ever do something I don't like.
The whole thread is interesting to read. Here are some examples of USG rhetoric (highlights are by Michael Tracey).
It's noteworthy that the USG argued for lesser sentencing of a man who burned someone alive in BLM riots, saying that "riots are the voice of the unheard". Now riots and looting are suddenly Very Bad.
I could mention the historical and civic illiteracy of equating a state, and a very corrupt one at that, with "the nation", which is obviously preposterous. The nation refers to the people, which is rather separate from the government that claims dominion over that people.
You all don't quite understand what this statement actually means. with this sentence, the government is calling him a traitor and asking for his execution.
No government is sacrosanct.
JG Stossenger has entered the chat
It's not a mistake. If the state is the nation and the nation is the state, it's Fascism. It's not the first time this regime has explicitly argued for Fascism.
Yeah, this official's statement probably sounded better in the original 18th century French. "Ce paysan périra pour son insolence! L’État, c’est nous!"
And then the brass wonders why recruitment is down to a worrying degree.